A community renowned as a home for practitioners of alternative lifestyles and befuddled liberal pseudo-intellectuals with Ph.D's in disciplines such as Social Welfare Theory, Feminist Studies, and Marxist Political Economy, most of whom lecture at the many colleges in Amherst, MA.
Aging Hippie: Fight soulless, profit-mongering international corporations! Fair trade! Living wage! Coca-Cola kills kittens!
Sociology student: Hey, Professor! (Hands Starbucks cup) Here's your Caramel Macchiatto!
Aging hippie: WHERE'S MY BISCOTTI???
Short for "Northampton" as in Northampton Massachusetts, a artsy, college town about 90 miles west of Boston. Its a local term coined after the city became a haven for artists, mimicing "SoHo" in NYC.
I'm going over to Noho to pick up some chinese food, and maybe look in that new art gallery that opened.