The rich & super-rich

[sagehen]

An AP business writer in an article about the current buying habits of
these pathetic few, uses the term "A-listers."  Is this just journalese or
is it encountered in the wild?
This same writer used "middlebrow" to refer to mid-level shopping venues,
which struck me as a bit of a stretch. "Up-market" & "down-market"  might
yield "middle," "mid," or "mezzo (if, say, a boutique)," -mart or market,
but "brow " doesn't belong there, IMO!
AM

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