Also known as yupster (yuppie + hipster), yindie (yuppie + indie), and alterna-yuppie. Our preferred term, grup, is taken from an episode of Star Trek (keep reading) in which Captain Kirk et al. land on a planet of children who rule the world, with no adults in sight. The kids call Kirk and the crew "grups," which they eventually figure out is a contraction of "grown-ups." It turns out that all the grown-ups had died from a virus that greatly slows the aging process and kills anybody who grows up.
Adulthood may have been reinvented but the generation gap still exists no matter what New York magazine says. You over-40's in the backwards ball caps, ironic t-shirts,tummy-baring jeans, etc. aren't fooling anyone but yourselves. The 20 year olds do not think you are one of them. Nag Jr. and Baby Nag don't think I'm their peer because I listen to Kanye West, Arcade Fire or Nada Surf. They know I'm an old fart who likes young music and they chuckle indulgently.
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