1. A person who travels independently, typically on a low budget, usually staying in hostels or with locals rather than in hotels. Usually aged between
18 and 30 but can be older. Backpackers often travel for several months at a
time, and do not consider their
trip to be a "holiday". Due to the fact that backpacking was popularized by the hippie movement in the 1960s, there is some association of backpackers with aspects of counterculture.
2. A
fan of certain types of "alternative"
hip-hop. When used as a derogatory term, it can imply that the individual is suburban/middle class and listens to "nerd
rap" rather than "real
rap". When used as a neutral term of description, it can imply that the individual listens to thought-provoking, original, intellectual
hip-hop. The term is especially associated with fans of the record label Definitive Jux.
1. "Last night I went out for a
spliff with a bunch of Australian backpackers I met in a club, they were pretty cool guys."
2. "Oh I'm not really into that whole artsy backpacker
scene, I prefer straight-up rap music, stuff like
2Pac and N.W.A."
