Kids, parents of kids & former kids who attend / attended a Waldorf or Steiner school, a movement of schools founded by Rudolf Steiner (the first was in the Waldorf cigarette factory in Stuttgart) in the early 1900's. Lots of the photos one finds of Steiner are a bit severe looking, but rumor has it that he was a hottie, and he may have been taken less seriously by other adults had he wandered around looking like a clown. There are a bunch of Waldorf / Steiner schools in the US as well as other places in the world. Some Waldorfians are hippie-esque in their lifestyle aesthetic & many are tree huggers (amateur or pro), but some are movie stars (who may hug a tree from time to time), and some are even Republicans. The whole idea is that you're eventually supposed to think for yourself instead of copying everyone else, whoever they are at the moment. Being called or referring to yourself as a Waldorfian can be positive or negative depending on tone and whether referring to what's consistent throughout Waldorf Education (e.g. fairy tales told in kindergarten) or a quirk of a particular school's culture.
by AgeandTreachery December 28, 2010
Any person who receives an education at any of the 400 Waldorf Schools located all over the world. They all share the same common morals of recycling, striving to make the world an all-around greener place, and picking organic (even if more costly) over genetically modified, any day. Waldorfians are chill, enjoy cheeba-ing now and again and are bad at math. I think that if the entire human-race were required to go to Waldorf, then there wouldn't be any wars. Waldorfians stand for peace, happiness, and nature and thats what makes them cool.
Money-hungry Business Typhoon: I'm gonna tear down all of these Redwoods and put up a housing development here.
Waldorfian: Dude, I'm gonna do a tree-sit and make it so you'll never get your hands on this land.
Typhoon:I'm gonna sue your ass so you'll be broke.
Waldorfian: Go ahead, I don't need material items. I can live naked. Just as long as I have tofu and water, I'll just keep on truckin'.
Waldorfian: Dude, I'm gonna do a tree-sit and make it so you'll never get your hands on this land.
Typhoon:I'm gonna sue your ass so you'll be broke.
Waldorfian: Go ahead, I don't need material items. I can live naked. Just as long as I have tofu and water, I'll just keep on truckin'.
by waldorf kid September 15, 2005
A slang word used by people who are too dim to understand the philosophy behind Waldorf education. I go to a Waldorf school, half my class hates tofu, we didn't even take eurythmy, we obviously know how use computers seeing as i'm writing this now!
Lets see ooohhh yeah, I cooked my dinner in a microwave last night... funny, I didn't find it frightening!
but i do agree with those people who say we are in general, people who like peace, but hell, those people are everywhere! and so are the people who unfortunately don't invest in deoderant!
so just FYI we're normal and i'm glad that i'm comfortable enough with myself to say that i am a waldorfian, and that i don't have to bash people for the school they go to...
Lets see ooohhh yeah, I cooked my dinner in a microwave last night... funny, I didn't find it frightening!
but i do agree with those people who say we are in general, people who like peace, but hell, those people are everywhere! and so are the people who unfortunately don't invest in deoderant!
so just FYI we're normal and i'm glad that i'm comfortable enough with myself to say that i am a waldorfian, and that i don't have to bash people for the school they go to...
you're walking down the isle of the local super market and pass someone wearing tons of peace pins and smells like B.O.
you think: "oh theres a waldorfian"
but just to prove that you right to yourself
you ask: "are you from a waldorf school?"
they answer: "no i go to the local highschool"
example of how people who don't wear deoderant and want peace are everywhere NOT just at waldorf schools
you think: "oh theres a waldorfian"
but just to prove that you right to yourself
you ask: "are you from a waldorf school?"
they answer: "no i go to the local highschool"
example of how people who don't wear deoderant and want peace are everywhere NOT just at waldorf schools
by larkinz March 26, 2008
Subscribing to a lifestyle/child-rearing/educational philosophy based on the teachings of Rudolph Steiner, a Waldorfian believes that a child's spirit and physical being are at least as important as his/her intellectual being.
The Waldorfian believes there is nothing funny about 14 year old boys wearing flowers in their hair and skipping around a May pole, and is often out of touch with popular culture due to the fact that they "don't do media."
A middle-aged Waldorfian often looks several years older than her chronological age due to sun exposure, an aversion to hair dye, and possibly frequent use of pharmacological substances in her younger years.
A Waldorfian may felt wool that has been naturally dyed in organic vegetable juice, and dress herself and her children in wool hats and socks even in the summer.
The Waldorfian believes there is nothing funny about 14 year old boys wearing flowers in their hair and skipping around a May pole, and is often out of touch with popular culture due to the fact that they "don't do media."
A middle-aged Waldorfian often looks several years older than her chronological age due to sun exposure, an aversion to hair dye, and possibly frequent use of pharmacological substances in her younger years.
A Waldorfian may felt wool that has been naturally dyed in organic vegetable juice, and dress herself and her children in wool hats and socks even in the summer.
by slightlyoutoftouch May 16, 2011
adj. Used to describe a student of the Washington Waldorf School. A school where ungrateful children of the revolutionary hippie generation are "forced" to go. It is cool to bitch about Waldorf and to never actually take the effort or initiative to leave the school. The only people who appreciate the school are the ones who have seen education outside it, or just smart students who look outside the student-induced bubble of Waldorf.
There are many misconceptions about Waldorf, like the amusing but untrue rumours about rampant LSD and weed use among the students (the teachers are another story). And beeswax is not considered the ultimate engineering material by Waldorfians. And Waldorf is not attempting to return the world into a scientifically prehistoric era.
General definition of Waldorf Student: One who has not been able to deal with large social situations outside of Waldorf and has switched only because they will then have "friends", even though said friends are forced to spend every schoolday with them. Orrrrr random people who end up at Waldorf by some Bermuda Triangle fluke. Orrrrrr people who hate Whitman and needed to get a broader and more personal education.
Orrrrr Amrita Campell the bitch who gets away with everything and takes the school for granted like its her job. She needs her own definition. Initiative anyone?
There are many misconceptions about Waldorf, like the amusing but untrue rumours about rampant LSD and weed use among the students (the teachers are another story). And beeswax is not considered the ultimate engineering material by Waldorfians. And Waldorf is not attempting to return the world into a scientifically prehistoric era.
General definition of Waldorf Student: One who has not been able to deal with large social situations outside of Waldorf and has switched only because they will then have "friends", even though said friends are forced to spend every schoolday with them. Orrrrr random people who end up at Waldorf by some Bermuda Triangle fluke. Orrrrrr people who hate Whitman and needed to get a broader and more personal education.
Orrrrr Amrita Campell the bitch who gets away with everything and takes the school for granted like its her job. She needs her own definition. Initiative anyone?
Public School Ignoramus/Thinks One's Intelligence Is Shown Solely In Standardized Tests: Duuude, Waldorfians are hippies yo.
Educated Human: Maybe you should stop worshipping the "highest in the country" tests scores at Whitman and read some classic literature like Neitsche or Locke that has shaped the culture you live in.
Public School Novelty Whore: Can I use clifnotes?
Person: Can you jump in front of a train?
Educated Human: Maybe you should stop worshipping the "highest in the country" tests scores at Whitman and read some classic literature like Neitsche or Locke that has shaped the culture you live in.
Public School Novelty Whore: Can I use clifnotes?
Person: Can you jump in front of a train?
by been-there-done-that January 12, 2005
A resident of Waldorf, Maryland typically coined by other Waldorf residents who happen to hate Waldorf and make fun of those who never leave the damn town.
"All the waldorfians never leave this town even though its only 25 minutes from Washington DC 7 Old Town Alexandria, VA, 45 minutes from Baltimore and 1.5 hours from Richmond!"
"Lets go to Denny's up on 301 and hang out with all the waldorfians"
In Waldorf MD, waldorfians call the popular clothing store "Up against The Wall" in the mall, "Up Against The Waldorf"
They also call Walmart, Up Against The Walmart... friggin waldorfians.
"Lets go to Denny's up on 301 and hang out with all the waldorfians"
In Waldorf MD, waldorfians call the popular clothing store "Up against The Wall" in the mall, "Up Against The Waldorf"
They also call Walmart, Up Against The Walmart... friggin waldorfians.
by Rich January 18, 2004
my friend smoked 2 much pot and failed school, he now goes 2 waldorf. its were u go wen u cant get in2 any other private school.hes junior and hatesit there, but i still smoke up w/ him eveyr weekend
by FwhitemanM March 1, 2005