stilyaga
noun
(formerly, in the Soviet Union) a person, usually young, who adopted the unconventional manner and dress of some Western youth groups, as rockers or punk-rock fans.
stilyagi
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pluralof stilyaga.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There is no discernible ferment among the literati, and even the young people are afraid to wear the zoot-suit stilyagi clothes popular elsewhere in Eastern Europe.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Komsomol zealots break up cafe brawls, keep a sour eye out for stilyagi and other "nonconformists."
From Time Magazine Archive
A third word bothering the Russians was stilyagi, which means a zoot-suiter who wears narrow trousers, likes rock 'n' roll and hates work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eyewitnesses provided one useful clue: the gunmen wore the narrow trousers, oversized jackets and ducktail haircuts of stilyagi, the Russian version of zoot-suiters.
From Time Magazine Archive
A typical stilyagi or metrofanushka girl, he assumed.
From Combat by Mack Reynolds
