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hipsters

British  
/ ˈhɪpstəz /

plural noun

  1. Usual US word: hip-huggers.  trousers cut so that the top encircles the hips

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“I would call them the hipsters of their time,” MacAllen says.

From Salon

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

The party was in a chic work-live space: four stories of industrial design thumping with music and packed with hipsters.

From Los Angeles Times

Street preachers, boisterous hipsters and people blasting corridos and oldies are part of the neighborhood’s soundtrack, so we went back to our chat.

From Los Angeles Times

Headbangers, hipsters, all languages, all ages — every demographic on Earth appears to adore his music — and so do we from the opening thuds that introduce us to his echoey, body-moving beats.

From Los Angeles Times