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According to the Hipster Handbook, the technical term is the PoLit (political/literary). But I just like Literazzi better...
The book came in handy the other day when one of my CoSpgs friends admitted that he was beginning to look a "little indie." Naturally, I was intrigued, so I sent him a couple of pictures of hipsters. "Ach. No girls' jeans!" he protested. "No, there is a specific look that I have always associated with indie for some reason."
"Describe it," I said.
"The blazer with elbow patches, worn with jeans and sneakers, longish/shaggish hair, with black-rimmed glasses."
"Oh," I said. "The English major."
"Well, at my school, the look is predominantly associated with the philosophy major, but yes, the English major can sport that look, too."
I refrained from mentioning that at my school, we were just happy that the philosophy majors wore anything at all....
But a quick look in the Handbook confirmed my suspicions. The best term for the look is the PoLit. But I had already thrown about the phrase Literazzi by that point, so we could go with that, too....
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