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Someone important, named after the wig that once did the flexing for them.
means An important or influential person, especially one who acts self-important about it.
from From the 18th century, when large, elaborate wigs were worn by judges, nobles, and other men of rank and consequence — the bigger the wig, the bigger the status it announced. 'Bigwig' started as a literal description of these powdered status symbols and drifted into sarcasm, becoming a label for the self-important person underneath, long after the actual wigs fell out of fashion.
- origin
- 17th century judges and nobles wore huge powdered wigs
- logic
- bigger wig literally meant higher rank
- irony
- the person could be forgettable, the wig was not