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noun
An upscale liberal town or community associated with bourgeois-bohemian (bobo) values; a place inhabited primarily by latte liberals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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History
Alluding to a stereotypical preference for (usually more expensive) latte in such places. Popularized by American journalist, commentator and editor David Brooks who attributes it to Alan Ehrenhalt.
