![]() One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says Donald Trump's presidential election victory shows people have had enough of "elites" and the "chardonnay set". http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/11/10/trump-win-blow-chardonnay-set-hanson chardonnay socialist - a derogatory term for a person who espouses left-wing views but enjoys an affluent lifestyle. The first evidence occurs in 1987, the decade in which chardonnay became a very popular wine variety in Australia. This compound is an Australian variant of champagne socialist, a British English term with a similar meaning. Chardonnay also contributes to another disparaging Australian term, chardonnay set, ‘affluent city-dwellers regarded as an elite’. The abbreviated form of chardonnay – chardy – is also common in Australian English. http://ozwords.org/?p=6721#more-6721 |