Meanings
plural sophistos
- derogatoryslangA trendy, sophisticated person; a hipster.
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.
2009 June 27, Murray Whyte, “Why Richard Florida's honeymoon is over”, in Toronto StarSynonyms: faddist, trendite, Corinthian, faddist, fashionable, fashionist, fashionista, hepcat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA trendy, sophisticated person; a hipster.
Origin
Used in the invented slang in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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