Sophisto
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A trendy, sophisticated person; a hipster. derogatory, slang
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Used in the invented slang in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).
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