backpacker
n.— «See, y’all aren’t even an MC, so how can you go and make a judgement like that? Some of y’all geek asses on here don’t know shit, and all ya do is listen to them whiteboy backpacker cats.» —“Re: What Is It About Biggie???” by Michael Fthenos Usenet: alt.rap Aug. 8, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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