Fun thoughts via the Urban Dictionary:

plaid:
1. Cool, in-style, pleasing to look at; awesome
2. An incredible pattern created by the Scots and Irish in ancient times.

granola:
1. A person who dresses like a hippie, eats natural foods (granola), and is usually a Liberal, but in all other ways is a typical middle class white person, and is likely to revert back to being straight when they finish college.