hipster
1[hip-ster]
- a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- a person, especially during the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by a particularly strong sense of alienation from most established social activities and relationships; a beatnik or hippie.
- a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing; a hepcat.
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Origin of hipster
1hipster
2[hip-ster]
- hipsters, Chiefly British. hiphuggers(def 2).
- Often hipsters. hiphugger underpants for women and girls.
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Origin of hipster
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Contemporary Examples of hipsters
Modern conservatives rightly (as it were) define themselves against the culture at large; hipsters seek to do so as well.
The city became a Mecca for hordes of hipsters and creative types as well as young people seeking their fortune in finance.
GearJunkie counterposes pictures of real lumberjacks and hipsters who look totally ridiculous.
Cities have lost billions of dollars in federal funds because of hipsters.
And hipsters and hippies now reek of old-school, kneejerk attitudes.
hipsters
- British trousers cut so that the top encircles the hipsUsual US word: hip-huggers
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hipster
- slang, rare
- an enthusiast of modern jazz
- an outmoded word for hippy 1
- (modifier) (of trousers) cut so that the top encircles the hips
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Word Origin and History for hipsters
hipster
1941, "one who is hip;" from hip (adj.) + -ster. Meaning "low-rise" in reference to pants or skirt is from 1962; so called because they ride on the hips rather than the waist (cf. hiphuggers). Related: Hipsters.
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