trustafarian
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of trust fund + Rastafarian.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]trustafarian (plural trustafarians)
- (slang) A young person with the fashion sensibilities of a hippie, or any other countercultural trend, especially anarchism, Maoism, or punk rock, who subscribes to an unemployed, shiftless life of hedonism based upon an unlimited amount of funds (a trust fund).
- 2003, Kate Gardner, Meat Me in Manhattan: A Carnivore's Guide to New York [1]
- "Today's punk-rocking population, paying $1500 a month in trustafarian scrip, doesn't under-stand German, much less Yiddish."
- 2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, →ISBN, page 425:
- I'm your typical trustafarian, I'm afraid: spoilt little rich kid living the dream off his inheritance.
- 2003, Kate Gardner, Meat Me in Manhattan: A Carnivore's Guide to New York [1]
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- David Kamp, Steven Daly (2005) The Rock Snob's Dictionary, page 90