An attitude of superiority, expressed through detailed
knowledge of independent music and film, as well as the donning of
ironic thrift store clothing and lengthy, eye-hiding
bangs.
Can also refer to any item used to express the fact that one is indier than others.
Used in this manner by a disgruntled Starbucks employee in an email to the blog Gawker:
"Go hate on the schmucks at Cake Shop or Bowery Poetry Club or something. Their
coffee's not that much better, their employees
don't have health coverage, their bathrooms aren't any cleaner, and your chances of being snobbed off by some
kid with an indier-than-thou haircut are exponentially greater."