hipster

¹

[hip-ster]

noun

Slang.

1. a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.

2. 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.

3. a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing; a hepcat.

hipster

²

[hip-ster]

noun

1. Chiefly British.,  hipsters, hiphuggers.

2. Often hipsters hiphugger underpants for women and girls.

hipster

/ ˈhɪpstə /

noun

1. slang

   1. an enthusiast of modern jazz

   2. an outmoded word for hippy 1

2. (modifier) (of trousers) cut so that the top encircles the hips

Other Word Forms

• hipsterish adjective
• hipsterism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hipster¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; hip ⁴ + -ster

Origin of hipster²

First recorded in 1960–65; hip ¹ + -ster

Example Sentences

Colman, who burst into my awareness in the 2003 TV cringe comedy “Peep Show,” is fantastic throwing jabs around in costume designer PC Williams’ nouveau hipster wardrobe of bold, baggy lines.

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“Lurker” is a teeth-grittingly great dramedy that insists there’s more tension in the entourage of a mellow hipster than a king.

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

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It did not begin, as you might suppose, in the hipster 1960s.

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The design teams have outfitted Franco’s hipster with goofy sweatshirts and a fledgling mullet.

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