parvenu
someone recently wealthy or influential, but lacking acceptance
from the establishment; one of the nouveau-riche; an upstart
Sightings:
Deconstructing Dracula
Talking down to Gershwin
The universities' role in the Vietnam war
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An ostentatious banquet
The venerable sonnet
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JFK was a hard act to follow
Touring the architecture at Yale
Savvy surfers go job hunting
The bootlegger who followed his bliss
Make your own think machine
What happens if you misspell "New Jersey"
What Icelanders sang about
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