recessionista

English

Etymology

recession +‎ -ista, after the pattern of fashionista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˌsɛʃəˈnɪstə/
• Rhymes: -ɪstə

Noun

recessionista (plural recessionistas)

1. (informal) Someone who can dress stylishly on a tight budget. [from late 2000s]
   • 2009 January 14, Hilary Osborne, “Empty of pocket, rich in diction: The credit crunched dictionary”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Well, things are very different now the downturn has started to take its toll. This year, credit crunched recessionistas are more likely topics of conversation, according to the people at Collins dictionaries at least.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:recessionista.

Synonyms

• frugalista

Further reading

• “recessionista”, in Collins English Dictionary.