trustafarian

trustafarian

English

Etymology

Blend of trust fund +‎ 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

     "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.

Related terms

• Pastafarian

References

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