rich kid

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɪt͡ʃ ˈkɪd/

Noun

rich kid (plural rich kids)

1. (US, informal, somewhat pejorative) A child or young adult from a wealthy family, especially one who flaunts his or her wealth or privilege.
   • 1893, Mabel Putnam, Alex Goodwin's Deed, page 29:

     They were very happy, these poor little folks, to be invited to a dinner party, given by “that rich kid, Alex.”

   • 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 5 March 2018:

     No one, save for the heroine (Jennifer Love Hewitt, passable as a Final Girl), is very likable, with several characters being outright assholes, primarily Ryan Phillippe’s inexplicably douche-y rich kid.

References

• “rich kid” (US) / “rich kid” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.