bling
noun
[ blɪŋ ]
• expensive, ostentatious clothing and jewellery.
• "look at the bling he's already wearing on his left arm"
bling
adjective
• denoting expensive, ostentatious clothing or jewellery, or the style or materialistic attitudes associated with them.
• "the bling lifestyle of diamond rings, flashy cars, and champagne"
Origin:
1990s: perhaps imitative of light reflecting off jewellery, or of jewellery clashing together.
