A Thrifty Beatnik is a term used to describe someone who strives to remain educated, affluent and fashionable on a minimal budget regardless of class, age or background.
It is also a term to describe those who reject consumerism and shop second hand for books, clothing and art rather than justifying newly made products by carbon offsetting.
It is also a term to describe those who reject consumerism and shop second hand for books, clothing and art rather than justifying newly made products by carbon offsetting.
Examples on Thrifty Beatnik
On Television: Examples include Milo Minderbinder in "Catch 22" and, to a lesser extent, Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld in "The Bottle Deposit".
In Literature: The writer Jack London is the epitomy of the term. From a working class family in San Francisco he worked 12 to 18 hours in menial and unskilled labour whilst never losing his enterprising spirit or intellectual enthusiasm for reading and writing.
On Television: Examples include Milo Minderbinder in "Catch 22" and, to a lesser extent, Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld in "The Bottle Deposit".
In Literature: The writer Jack London is the epitomy of the term. From a working class family in San Francisco he worked 12 to 18 hours in menial and unskilled labour whilst never losing his enterprising spirit or intellectual enthusiasm for reading and writing.
by Rangelife5 August 30, 2009
person, particularly a reporter, that feels the need to obsess on a political issue in a superficial way while other people are trying to accomplish an important task or series of task that is, at best, tangentially related to the political issue
Hey man, that's for you political beatniks to ponder. We're a football team, man. You're asking us about middle ground, you're asking us about right or left...We are a football group. That's what you guys don't understand. We don't care, largely professionally speaking. We have personal opinions, yes.
by TheOtherMikeTomlin September 28, 2017