sophisto
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Used in the invented slang in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]sophisto (plural sophistos)
- (slang, derogatory) A trendy, sophisticated person; a hipster.
- Synonyms: faddist, trendite; see also Thesaurus:fashionable person
- 2009 June 27, Murray Whyte, “Why Richard Florida's honeymoon is over”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- In the states, 99 per cent of my critics were socially conservative, right-wing people, who said I had a gay agenda, or that cities couldn't be built by `yuppies, sophistos, trendoids and gays,'" says Richard Florida.