trustafarian

English

Etymology

Blend of trust fund and Rastafarian

Noun

trustafarian (plural trustafarians)

1. (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."

Related terms

• Pastafarian

References

• 2005, David Kamp, Steven Daly, The Rock Snob's Dictionary page 90. [2]