Freak-a-deek
Usually refers to white, college-age, left-wing student activists that dress poorly and engage in labored, unoriginal and uninspiring acts of civil disobedience that have little to no relevance to every day Americans, such a protests against sweat shops or the entire Occupy Movement.
“Oh man!” he chortled, “Ha! I should’ve guessed… by your clothes! Oh man! You’re one of the freak-a-deeks!”
“Freak-a-deeks?” I disingenuously protested and leaned back in my chair.
“Yeah. Oh, man.” He laughed. “That’s what we call these airhead activist types. You know? I didn’t mean any disrespect when I was going on about all that white man’s guilt shit and all. You know?”
“Don’t worry,” I said. “It takes a thick skin to be in the business.”
He rubbed his tear-clogged eyes and stopped his laughing. “Who’re you with? The Greens? The Commies? The ‘let’s rape the rich’ freak-a-deeks?”
“The Progressives,” I said. “The Obioch Progressive Union.”
Excerpt from the novel The Rum and the Fury
“Freak-a-deeks?” I disingenuously protested and leaned back in my chair.
“Yeah. Oh, man.” He laughed. “That’s what we call these airhead activist types. You know? I didn’t mean any disrespect when I was going on about all that white man’s guilt shit and all. You know?”
“Don’t worry,” I said. “It takes a thick skin to be in the business.”
He rubbed his tear-clogged eyes and stopped his laughing. “Who’re you with? The Greens? The Commies? The ‘let’s rape the rich’ freak-a-deeks?”
“The Progressives,” I said. “The Obioch Progressive Union.”
Excerpt from the novel The Rum and the Fury