a free day for all the proletariat

Sean: ... oh, that's the free day for all the proletariat?


Jen:  what?


Sean [a little louder]: that's the free day for all the proletariat?


Jen: What is that word.


Sean: You know, the public...general population.


Jen: Why are you using this word.


Sean [laughing]: I like to use words that make us seem part of an elite class.


Jen:  Well, you're never going to achieve that if I don't know what the word means.


Sean: You know... you've got the bourgeoisie and then the proletariat... this is basic Marxist stuff. 


[by this time i was already in blogger trying to recall the interchange we just had.]