sophisto

English

Etymology

Used in the invented slang in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).

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Noun

sophisto (plural sophistos)

1. (slang, derogatory) A trendy, sophisticated person; a hipster.
   • 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.

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