"ELITE"

In all seriousness, the only thing I associated with this word for most of my teens was that space-trading computer game with those glorious line graphics.

I know I am supposed to take the arguments of those opposed to the "elite" seriously, but I can only think of docking my space ship to sell narcotics.

Screenshot from the original BBC Micro version (the mode 4 / mode 5 split is obvious), but the cover from one of the other 8-bit versions…