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What is Chardonnay?
A Chardonnay socialist is the middle-class equivalent of a champagne socialist or limousine liberal. The distinction is significant - they are comfortable rather than rich, more likely to watch TV than be on it, and are much, much more numerous.
Chardonnay socialists are characterised by having wonderfully admirable left-wing ideals...which they never act on. It's about feeling good, not doing good. Causes are often comfortably remote - it's easier to sit around with a glass of Church Road talking about how awful the oppression is in East Timor than it is to help your own underprivileged ten minutes down the road.
Despite being about as useful as tits on a bull, at first look they seem basically harmless. But like anyone who chooses a credo for their own self-interest and entertainment, a chardonnay socialist's true value system may well be anything but what it appears. They are quite likely to have a case of the not-in-my-backyards: "Oh, isn't it wonderful we've accepted all those poor refugees into the country! (Just as long as they don't move into our neighbourhood)". If you're the sort of person who cares about actually getting something useful done, the idea of these people starts to look quite sinister.
An accusation of Chardonnay socialism is often a cheap shot fired by right-wingers at anyone they disagree with whose views are remotely to the left of their own. This can be moronic knee-jerk-reactionism or a more calculated move designed to play on the belief of a surprisingly large proportion of the population that anyone with an apparent concern for other people's well-being must have something in it for themselves somewhere. Either way such accusations often have no substance, although if there weren't so many Chardonnay socialists about, the people genuinely interested in doing something good would be far less likely to be tarred with the same brush of hypocrisy.
The term is widespread in New Zealand as well as Australia, but a quick Google search for chardonnay socialism seems to indicate the term is restricted to these two countries. The British would probably say trendy leftie.
There is a particularly high concentration of Chardonnay socialists in the suburb of Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand.
-An example of a Chardonnay socialist is former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. Fraser advocated for the Lebanese concession however directed the new Lebanese arrivals to Sydney rather than his residential affluent native town of Toorak and other areas in Southern Melbourne. Areas which are 1000km away of Australia's biggest Lebanese community in South-western Sydney.
-During the 2005 Cronulla riots, the actress, Cate Blanchett with no history of living in the Sutherland Shire and South/South-western Sydney wore 'Think' T-shirts during a brief attention seeking moment on Coogee beach with other Chardonnay Socialists.
When Lebanese youths were harassing innocent people during their weekly cruises to the Sutherland Shire for the last few years, Blanchett who at the time was much more likely to be overseas shooting several films such as Elizabeth, The Gift, The Aviator and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Blanchett like Fraser before her, grew up more than 1000 kilometres away in the affluent suburb of Ivanhoe, Victoria, which qualifies her for a Chardonnay Socialist.
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Chardonnay - what is it?
Soccer mom who is always swilling white wine at Bridge Club, Garden Club, Book Club, Junior League and the like. Her children are merely accessories to her social life. Chardonnay moms may be observed giggling, gossiping, or making ill-timed passes at friends' husbands.
Think June Cleaver on booze.
What does "Chardonnay" mean?
The act of enjoying a nice cold glass of chardonnay, usually while doing something else enjoyable, such as sitting on a patio in beautiful weather.
It was sunny and 74 degrees outside so I sat on the front porch chardonnaying with my glass of Kendall Jackson.
Chardonnay - what does it mean?
1) A popular varietal wine made from the eponymous cultivar of white grape. It is particularly favored by book clubs, housewives, and concerned mothers.
2) A girls' name that, in common with most names related to a kind of alcohol, probably relates to how that child was conceived (even--no, especially--in the case of teen moms).
1) After dropping the kids off at soccer practice she drove her minivan to the liquor store. She wanted to pick a good bottle of chardonnay to impress her friends that were coming over to discuss Fifty Shades of Grey.
2) Have you met my children yet? These are my daughters, Brandy, Chardonnay, and Whipped Cream Vodka.
Chardonnay - meaning
Chardonnay:
An overly obsessed, gospel freak who constantly plots towards the demise of her friends. She currently from her physical and mental areas, and seeks attention the weirdest ways. She complains on tasks that don't matter, and has many momentary happenstances that disconnects herself from the world. Chardonnay is the girl that everyone calls odd. She’s self involved and conceitedly stuffy.
Girl, don't go Chardonnay on me.
Ooo, she completely Char'ed on me.
Hold my earrings, I'm about to pull the sweet chardonnay outta' this girl.
You know she's a char, look at her jeans.
Chardonnay - definition
classic name for an essex girl, or any other shaz/chav etc's daughter, ie the little kids who have been born to cheap slappers, usually while the cheap slappers are in their teens, in the noughties, especially since footballer's wives started. Always done in an attempt to make them look 'pawsh innit'
shawon had a little babby gawl de ova day.she cawled her chardonnay innit
Chardonnay - slang
Chardonnay is an abusive female who beat up a little girl even tho she “couldn’t breathe” and then stomped on her head.
“I cant breathe” the girl wheezed before Chardonnay stomped on her head
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is the type of girl be be rather lonely she adapts to one person and will always love that person she tries to hard to get something that she knows deep down she'll never have she has a lovely kind heart. A Chardonnay makes mistakes but is not very often given a second chance when needed she is loyal and will only love one person so if she does your very lucky to have her warm kind personality
Liam : how come he just won't give her a chance?
Lucy: Chardonnay deserves better someone worth her time she'll never listen though!
Chardonnay
The most beautiful girl you will ever meet she will never let you down no matter what and she will always be by your side. Without her you r nothing. With her you are safe; shes someone you can depend on when no one cares about you
you are such a chardonnay
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is a beautiful, strong girl who will always do her best to help others. She will have been through a lot in her life and therefore will tend to push those closest to her away. She’s gorgeous but she doesn’t know it. Her self- esteem is really low probably due to her past. Chardonnays finds it hard to trust people because the people she loved and trusted most have always let her down. If you have a Chardonnay in your life don’t lose her because it’ll be the biggest mistake you ever made.
That Chardonnay girl is amazing
How beautiful is Chardonnay