What's this with "bougie"?

It's a word I've barely heard of, though I did write a post about it two years ago ("A fancy way to say 'fancy'" [9/22/24] — with lengthy, learned discussion in the comments). Yet this morning it turns up at the top of "America's most misspelled words in 2026" (5/22/26)! No wonder, given its etymology: From bourgeoisie. (slang, usually derogatory) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery). Synonyms: chichi, classy, high and mighty, ritzy, saditty, snobby, snooty, posh (UK, Canada, slang) Fancy or good-looking, without the same connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness as in sense 1. alternative forms: bourgie, boojie, boujee, boujée (Wiktionary) Mark's question still stands: what happened to the 'r' on the way from bourgeois to bougie? Selected readings "Minimal pair" (6/14/11) — bijou "A trilingual, biscriptal note (with emoji)" (2/5/17) — in the middle of the…