A term that is applied to
Italian Americans of the outdoor sporty type,who mainly have a penchant of combining low intellect with muscle cars, and, especially high performance motorcycles. Origins in the 1980'
s,from the Johnston,Cranston,Providence Rhode Island areas,where there is a given ethnic population density of such-also known as the "Greater Tri-Gueed". Typical is thewearing of
gold jewelry,designer sunglasses wedged on forehead but not used,gym pants and flip
flop sandals,tank
top or no shirt,and on a motorcycle,no
helmet or any other protective
gear.Very excessive,aggressive driving or riding,which is normally accompanied by high fatality statistics.Johnston Scholars usually remove the speedometer from a sportbike,as they "only need a tach".Muffler removal and/or
poor substitution is mandatory peer behavior.Most times they are seen to cruise or
ride in packs of loud bikes,with antics like wheelies and burnouts.Socially, pretty obnoxious due to low intelligence.
"Christ ,did you SEE that moron almost
clip my
car then screw off with those other bikes? The
cat
is a total Johnston Scholar."
