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a horse-drawn humblebrag that became Cadillac's word for fake fanciness on wheels.
means A brougham is a closed, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with the driver seated outside up front, later borrowed as a trim name for luxury cars.
from Named after Henry Brougham, a 19th-century British statesman and Lord Chancellor, who is credited with commissioning the compact closed carriage to his own taste. The vehicle took his name, and like many such eponyms it kept the original spelling while the pronunciation softened in everyday use (often "broom" or "broh-am"). When the automobile age arrived, carmakers raided the old carriage vocabulary for words that sounded refined, and 'brougham' rolled on into the chrome era.
- named after
- a Scottish Lord Chancellor who designed it himself
- the layout
- driver sat outside, exposed; passengers stayed cozy
- car revival
- Cadillac slapped it on chrome-heavy 1980s sedans
- pronunciation trap
- often said 'broom,' confounding nearly everyone aloud
brougham carriage — horse-drawn closed carriage invented by lord brougham in 1838, popular in victorian england
cadillac brougham — luxury sedan produced by general motors from 1987-1992, iconic american car