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pabst blue ribbon cutter 

Someone who is the first to do something that is now considered domain of the hipster and frequently copied. Commonly referred to as a trend-setter. A pioneer in cool who didn't intend to be cool.
"Tom is a pabst blue ribbon cutter, he moved to Washington Heights like, 8 years ago."

"Wait, you haven't seen (insert obscure foreign film here)?" "No, I guess I'm not the pabst blue ribbon cutter you thought I was."