Sophisto

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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