Well, that didn't get William Safire of the New York Times' On Language column all that excited, especially as we see gas prices plummet back below $2 a gallon. Safire's choice? A nod to the recession with "Frugalista." According to the Oxford Dictionary, a frugalista is "a person who lives a frugal lifestyle but stays fashionable and healthy by swapping clothes, buying secondhand, growing own produce, etc."
Safire thinks that frugalista is a much better choice than "recessionista" a term coined by Larry Kudlow and defined in the New York Times as "the new name for a style maven on a budget." I would agree with Safire.
So all you thrify folks out there, take heart! You're not a cheapskate anymore, you're a frugalista!
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