酷抠族，是悄然崛起于当今“族”语境下的一群时尚达人。人如其名，他们身上既有“酷”（cool）的超逸，也有“凡人”（carl）的简约。是当下一种时尚的抠门，这是一种褒义下的“抠”，因为酷抠族崇尚的是“节约光荣，浪费可耻”。酷抠族未必贫穷，也不是守财奴，他们具有较高的学历，不菲的收入。酷抠族精打细算不是吝啬，而是一种节约的方式。

"Cool carl" is a group of fashion icon¹ quietly emerging from the current “clan” context. Just as the name suggests, those people possess the quality of being both “cool” and thrift² as a “carl”. It is a kind of “stinginess” which is the latest trend and with a positive meaning because what the “cool carl” advocates is “saving glorious; waste shameful”. “Cool carl” is not necessarily poor or miserly but the kind of people with relatively³ high academic degrees and salaries. Their penny pinching can not be interpreted as mean but as thrift.

现在什么都涨，只有收入不见涨。在我们大家感叹物价疯涨的同时，节流成为一个不错的好方法。节流不是让我们的生活品质下降，而是让我们用很少的钱，过上有品质的生活。比如不打车，不剩饭，家务坚持自己干，再忙再累也要在家里宴客……其实，与“摆阔族”相比，“酷抠族”的精打细算只是为了通过转移消费重点，在不影响生活质量的前提下，用最少的钱获取最大的满足感。

At a time like this we can see only price hike but no pay pike. While people complain about the soaring prices, reducing expenditure⁴ becomes a good choice. Instead of downgrading our quality of life, being thrift will let us live quality life using lesser⁵ money. The usual practice of “cool carl” include avoiding taking taxis, leaving no leftovers⁶, doing housework on one’s own, treating friends to dinner at home no matter how busy and tired they are. In fact, compared to people who are ostentatious and extravagant⁷, the strict budgeting “cool carl”, by transferring consumption priorities, is trying to get the most satisfaction with the least money under the precondition of not affecting their life quality.

注：“酷抠族”通过精打细算能够转移消费重点，更好地配置“有数”的金钱。对于金钱和为人处世，他们并非真正意义上的“抠门”，故不宜将其直译为“cool miser”。根据该词的内涵，不妨将此词译为“cool carl”。这样，既有“酷”（cool）的超逸，也有“凡人”（carl）的简约，而且与“酷抠”在读音上也比较相近。你也是一枚“酷抠族”吗？