backpacker
n.— «I love hip-hop…and No…I’m about as FAR from a backpacker as there is, however I absolutely detest the garbage that supposed “fans” of this aesthetic are touting as “dope.”» —“Re: Suge trying to scare 50 Cent” by normacamron Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop Jan. 14, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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