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  • noun The characteristic of being hip; coolness; trendiness.

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Examples

  • The expression of hipness, Leland says, "had to be private to be distinct, understood only by the inner circle."

    News 2011

  • We must admit that there is a certain hipness to planet-eating, especially given Marvel Comics’ philosophical devourer of worlds, Galactus.

    Devourer of Worlds or Usurpers of Suns? « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2009

  • The new emphasis on mother’s hipness is a boon for trendy clothing manufacturers and plastic surgeons, one of whom describes a tummy-tuck, liposuction and breast lift as the “post-baby tuneup.”

    More on Moms | PopPolitics.com 2005

  • The new emphasis on mother’s hipness is a boon for trendy clothing manufacturers and plastic surgeons, one of whom describes a tummy-tuck, liposuction and breast lift as the “post-baby tuneup.”

    Print - More on Moms | PopPolitics.com 2005

  • The new emphasis on mother’s hipness is a boon for trendy clothing manufacturers and plastic surgeons, one of whom describes a tummy-tuck, liposuction and breast lift as the “post-baby tuneup.”

    More on Moms | PopPolitics.com 2005

  • We'd seen the bike last week at the neighbor's, where it rested on its kick stand and all but swung its haunch in hipness.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • We'd seen the bike last week at the neighbor's, where it rested on its kick stand and all but swung its haunch in hipness.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • We'd seen the bike last week at the neighbor's, where it rested on its kick stand and all but swung its haunch in hipness.

    vélo - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Under protest, Ellie visits her mother's alma mater, an East Coast women's college which she expects to be just a bunch of snobs -- and finds herself seduced by the idea of hipness and belonging to someplace cool.

    Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog 2009

  • (Although that downplays my 'hipness' -- I do enuf Chapl-aware to make mention of Him in order to win the hearts and minds of my kids ... if not affection, devotion, and fifty more years skimming ten percent of their Official United States paystubs into FICA -- 'Soc.

    Dave Chappelle at Pioneer Courthouse Square at midnight? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

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