Loansome

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Loansome
(adj.)
Having the characteristics of a loan. Thus, unhip: fusty; old-fashioned. Luddite. Stone-age.

Compare: Swappish.

Origin: archaic, possibly coined by Otto Büchstein, in Die Schweizer Heulsuse.