glitterati

English

Etymology

Blend of glitter +‎ literati.

Pronunciation

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Noun

glitterati pl (normally plural, singular glitteratus)

  1. Celebrities or people with a lot of money; the smart set.
    • 1997 June 2, “Restaurants”, in New York, volume 30, number 21, page 132:
      Fifty Seven Fifty Seven—The country's entertainment-industry glitterati make themselves right at home at I. M. Pei's monumental dining room.
    • 2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (16:03 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎[1], season 4, episode 5, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):
      “Where can we find a celebrity, and fast?” “Well, this is Staten Island, which is a veritable playground for the glitterati.”
    • 2025 July 16, Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng, “Trump calls Epstein conspiracy a ‘hoax’ and turns on Maga ‘weaklings’”, in Rolling Stone‎[2]:
      The far-right glitterati were not impressed with Trump’s Epstein jiu-jitsu.
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