The rich & super-rich

[Wilson Gray]

There's a TV show starring the movie and TV actress, Kathy Griffin.
The plot, such as it is, revolves around her attempts to become a
Hollywood A-lister, her current status being that of Hollywood
D-lister. It's on the Bravo channel.

-Wilson

On 7/8/07, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> 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!
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