Leisure Class Hero's definitions
(n) The privileged wealthy elite who spend their time traveling to far away places and engaging in conspicuous leisure. Wealthy tourists who engage in extreme sports, for example skiing, snow-boarding, rock-climbing, mountain-biking, river-rafting, etc.
A theory first conceived of by economist Thorstein Veblen in 1899 in his treatise The Theory of the Leisure Class, Veblen further details how working class people try to emulate the Leisure Class and idolize them to their own detriment.
A theory first conceived of by economist Thorstein Veblen in 1899 in his treatise The Theory of the Leisure Class, Veblen further details how working class people try to emulate the Leisure Class and idolize them to their own detriment.
Moab, Park City, Aspen and Vail have become infested with leisure class parasites who want to reform small towns into the image of whatever wealthy "progressive" communities they fled from.
by Leisure Class Hero November 30, 2009
Get the Leisure Classmug. Someone or something which ruins the ever elusive "fun". A downer or buzzkill.
Someone who is not into what everyone else is doing.
Someone who is not into what everyone else is doing.
"My roomate is a real fun killer."
"Judy, when you mention your yeast infection when I'm all hot & bothered, it's a real fun killer."
"The cops showing up when we are chucking bottles off the balcony is a real fun killer."
"Judy, when you mention your yeast infection when I'm all hot & bothered, it's a real fun killer."
"The cops showing up when we are chucking bottles off the balcony is a real fun killer."
by Leisure Class Hero October 25, 2009
Get the Fun killermug.