trustafarian
Wealthy faux hippie
A trustafarian is a young person from a wealthy background who adopts the lifestyle, appearance, or politics associated with countercultural movements—dreadlocks, bohemian dress, anti-capitalist rhetoric—while being financially supported by family money.
The term blends "trust fund" with "Rastafarian," highlighting the contradiction between affected rebellion and actual privilege: The coffee shop was full of trustafarians talking about fighting the system.
Ropelike matted hair strands
- backpackingSelf-supported wilderness travel
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
- meditationFocused attention practice
- organicFrom living matter
vegan · eco-friendly · commune · artisanal · ashram · ayahuasca · hostel · volunteering
Assumed right to benefits
- eliteSuperior select group
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- slummingFrequenting inferior locales recreationally
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
oblivious · insulated · classism · disparity · hypocrisy · poseur · pretension · naive
Sixties counterculture member
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- reggaeJamaican offbeat music style
- beatnikFifties counterculture member
alternative · subculture · indie · anti-establishment · dropout · commune · hackysack · tie-dye
Aggressively alternative person
dreadlocks
Ropelike matted hair strands
- backpackingSelf-supported wilderness travel
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
- meditationFocused attention practice
organic · vegan · eco-friendly · commune · artisanal · ashram · ayahuasca · hostel · volunteering · slumming
entitlement
Assumed right to benefits
- eliteSuperior select group
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- slummingFrequenting inferior locales recreationally
appropriation · oblivious · insulated · classism · disparity · hypocrisy · poseur · pretension · naive · sheltered
hippie
Sixties counterculture member
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- reggaeJamaican offbeat music style
beatnik · alternative · subculture · indie · anti-establishment · dropout · commune · hackysack · tie-dye · patchouli
hipster
Aggressively alternative person
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
portfolio · dividends · affluence · beneficiary · heir · estate · capital · investments · finance · prosperity
trustafarianworking poor
Employed but below comfort
starving artist · self-made · bootstrapper · working-class · hand-to-mouth
trustafarianpauper
Person in extreme poverty
have-not · homeless person · impoverished · destitute · downwardly mobile
trustafarianauthentic
Verified as original
genuine article · street credibility · true believer · native · lifer
trust, trusting, trusted, mistrust, distrust, entrust, distrustful, mistrustful, entrusting