beigeist
English edit
Etymology edit
beige + -ist, coined by writer Mark Ames
Noun edit
beigeist (plural beigeists)
- (nonstandard, subculture) A sellout; a conformist to bourgeois or corporate mediocracy.
- 1999 June, Mark Ames, “Arrest Michael McFaul”, in the eXile, number 11:
- Somewhere in the cruise-control synapses of McFaul's beigeist brain, he senses that his arrest and trial is a real possibility.
- 2003+, Johnny Loftus, review of “Chariot” by Gavin DeGraw, All Music Guide
- Gavin DeGraw's J Records debut is a strong showcase for his soulful wail and piano playing, even if it's occasionally grayed out by bells-and-whistles production that pushes it too strongly toward beigeist AAA accessibility.
- 2005 May, Marianne M. Jennings, “Beige is not better”, Jewish World Review
- Beigeists exist only to rein in those who disagree with leftists. The flaw in being a Beigeist is the assumption that beige is better.... A coup by the Beigeists would mean no decisions, no bottom lines, no criticisms, and no unwavering principles.... Colorful nonconformists frighten Beigeists.