Nerd Word of the Day: Flashpacking
Flashpacking: backpacking but with flash or style. An incongruous mix of “slumming it” and luxury.
Thanks to a tweet by @phillyd and his girlfriend who were setting out to flashpack last week, I was made aware of this word.
Since then I have seen a bunch of tweets on things like the 10 best Flashpacking Hostels in Europe to the Flashpacking Blog Carnival #4 
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muggins on 
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And here I thought that “Flashpacking” was stocking up on Flash Bangs.
Silly me.
Ha! That’s what my younger sister does all the time! Maybe I should send her to Europe…she might fit in!
This word is a flash in the pan. FOOOOMPH!
Flashpacking:
1. A guy wearing only a trench coat, to reveal what he is “packing”
2. A noticeable bulge in the Flash’s tights
3. Getting an erection while watching Jennifer Beals in Flashdance.
(OMG, I’m horrible)
Very thoughtfully funny
[tea]Feist – Sea Lion Woman (Live)
Is this what the homeless call it
So flashpacking allows the traveler to immerse herself into a different culture, yet remain distant. My own taste is to try to totally embrace a new experience. I know this is impossible, and I will always carry my own baggage into every situation, but I learn so much from these unexpected encounters.
WTF was I rambling about?
It made sense when I thought it. 
By the way, eBags is a good place to shop for all kinds of bags — and google is putting up ads for eBags on this page. (If you buy a bag and don’t like it, you can return it — return shipping is free, but you pay a nominal amount for the first shipping.)
I bet soon though that the backpack will be out and gym bag fashion will be the next new thing
http://www.outdoorgear.co.uk/pix/big/712010.jpg
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Flashpack? Better than a flashback.
Does Gorby have a Flashcrate?
I’ll bet he does.
Hope you feel better.
We miss you at the front of the class!
And I suppose these flashpackers Chi-hike as they go hiking along the mountain track.
I guess they couldn’t call it buttpacking, without getting razzed
(Welcome back, Marina! Long time, no lessons)
some lols: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytXN99DzS2A&feature=related
Meow;not do that…Soul Kool like smoking singles in a bar of f00ls…keep your peace packed for know FLasKed…lol
All true backpackers have flash and style. Living out of a pack, using only what one can carry, is not only an athletic endeavor but an art. Read Colin Fletcher.
If it is something that phillyd does, it is likely to be the most unpleasant and stupidest thing one could ever do.
This is something that is a “no-no” in countries that are poor. It stands out like an elephant in a room… a target for muggers.
I am too poor to even afford regular backpacking, I could hobo though, all it takes is a long stick and a large piece of cloth and a few tin cans for cooking utensiles, and a spoon and a knife, definitely need a knife to sharpen sticks with.
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I would stay at a hotel with all amenities (rather than camp in a tent).
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Hello John and the rest of the Hot4worders…Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will DuRant…..This is an audio clip from a great book entitled “The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Great Philosophers of the Western World” by Will Durant, narrated by Grover Gardner. Since there’s been a very interesting discussion going on recently on meaning in life started by Veritas48’s video ‘Why I Am Not An Atheist’..gooDay