Someone who is not good enough, up to par, achieves satisfactory expectations. Someone who would be the best at what they do if only they are given the chance, which they never do.
Friend 1: Hey! What happened to Cindy? I heard she went home.
Friend 2: Yea, she was only an alternate so they had better people in line before her. So she didn't get the position she wanted and was turned away.
Friend 2: Yea, she was only an alternate so they had better people in line before her. So she didn't get the position she wanted and was turned away.
by Bleebleeblue June 23, 2016
Get the Alternate mug.In the mid 1990s, "Altie" was used to refer to someone who subscribed to an alternative lifestyle-- whether skateboarding, proto-goth & emo, or punk.
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A type of automotive tail light that usually consists of a clear main lens, and one or more red round lenses. They are named after the Toyota Altezza, which has those lights from the factory. Often used by Import's and Lowriders. They are very played out, and make cars look like crap.
by MrDrift September 9, 2004
Get the Altezza mug.Noun.Contraction of "alternative lifestyle mom".Same as alterna-mom. Punks, Neo-Hippies, or other females who are into alternative culture (tatoos, attachment parenting, extended rebellious adolescence) and who breed.
That alterno-mom is trying a little too hard to pretend like she is still in her twenties, with her hot pink hair, driving a minivan full of kids around.
by Misanthropic October 13, 2005
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Often, alternabears will have visible tattoos, plugs in their ears or pierced septums. Sometimes, they also can fit the category as hipsters.
by foundmymyra August 28, 2011
Get the alternabear mug.An individual who closely inhabits the gray area between being a bro (i.e. Anheuser-Busch and Coors loyalists) and being a metro (i.e. men who watch Sex In The City). He is often spotted in the wild with semi-fashionable clothing from H&M or Urban Outfitters, but lacks more pseudo style and grace (and superfluousness) of the scenester sect.
Of course that alternabro ended up with the asian Dashboard girl, who could deny his blazer and t-shirt combo?
by RIP_Richard_Kiel September 17, 2008
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