hipsters
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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In his loopy 1957 essay on hipsters, Norman Mailer talked about the “psychic havoc” of living under the threat of nuclear annihilation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
It includes the bulk of metro Nashville’s African American population, plenty of progressive hipsters who’ve flocked to the city from across the South, traditional right wing suburbia and slices of Appalachia.
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2025
Meeting a stranger at a cafe covered in hipsters and Moroccan tile, sitting at a too-small table and pretending to be interested in the Americano-length version of someone else’s life, can be total fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
About 250,000 people attended that summer — families, children, students, hipsters seeking reprieve.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024
In the case of Hush Puppies, the great mystery is how those shoes went from something worn by a few fashion- forward downtown Manhattan hipsters to being sold in malls across the country.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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