While I was having a beer with Mr. Bibb and Mr. Blasius at the Downtown Grill and Brewery in Knoxville, the place was suddenly invaded by hippies. The girls were wearing very expensive "hippie" clothing.
"What's the deal with the hippies?" we asked Mr. Blasius.
"Trustafarians," he replied. "They're here for WSP."
After a few moments of our "WTF" look, he 'splained: "They're here for the Wide Spread Panic concert at the Tennessee Theatre (just down the block)," he told us. "Trustafarians are trust fund kids who follow bands like Wide Spread Panic around like the Grateful Dead followers back in the day and wear dreadlocks, only they can afford to go to bars and restaurants to eat and drink."
From Urban Dictionary
Trustafarian: priviliged white kids who subscribe to the hippie lifestyle - because they can - since they have no worries about money, a job etc. They can then devote their lives to eating organic, following Phish (or Wide Spread Panic), and wearing dreadlocks (no need for job interviews).
From Wiktionary
Trustafarian (plural trustafarians): (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).
Ha! Thanks for the education! It makes me think of that song 'Common People' by Pulp.
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