Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is exceptionally aware of or interested in the latest trends and tastes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person who is
hip {2}, a..
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of
Bohemian counterculture . - noun An
aficionado ofjazz who considers himself or herself to behip . - noun Underwear with an
elastic waistband at hip level.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
Etymologies
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Examples
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Etymologists are uncertain about exactly when the word hippie came into existence, although it is clearly a variation of the term hipster, which had been in use during the forties, in reference to devotees of jazz music.
The Typewriter Is Holy Bill Morgan 2010
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Etymologists are uncertain about exactly when the word hippie came into existence, although it is clearly a variation of the term hipster, which had been in use during the forties, in reference to devotees of jazz music.
The Typewriter Is Holy Bill Morgan 2010
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To which Harris responds:His observation that the term hipster itself emerged from jazz and the counterculture is instructive.
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Better than being a Willy-style trustafarian drug-addled fixie-luvin 'dirty boy band hipster who don't know where the term hipster originated (Beat generation; jazz).
Waylon Lewis: Money Magazine Names Eco-Hipsterless Louisville, Colorado Best Place to Live 2009
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The term hipster was coined by Harry Gibson in 1940, and was used during the 1940s and 1950s to describe jazz performers.
Archive 2007-10-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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The smartest thing I've read recently about the use of the term hipster is this, from
GigaOM Network 2010
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I think you're confusing the term hipster with hippie.
blogTO 2009
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People You Meet: Dan Cooper I think you're confusing the term hipster with hippie ....
blogTO 2009
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I think you're confusing the term hipster with hippie.
blogTO 2009
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Part of the problem with the term hipster is that no one wants to be associated with it.
Waldo Jaquith - “Hipsters: The dead end of western civilization.” 2008
edwardvielmetti commented on the word hipster
the collective is 'a fixie of hipsters'
October 3, 2007
sarahatlee commented on the word hipster
My Hipster PDA, a mere palimpsest after having been laundered, has littered my warddrobe with infinitessimal informational detritus.
April 8, 2008
bilby commented on the word hipster
"Take a stroll down the street in any major North American or European city and you’ll be sure to see a speckle of fashion-conscious twentysomethings hanging about and sporting a number of predictable stylistic trademarks: skinny jeans, cotton spandex leggings, fixed-gear bikes, vintage flannel, fake eyeglasses and a keffiyeh – initially sported by Jewish students and Western protesters to express solidarity with Palestinians, the keffiyeh has become a completely meaningless hipster cliché fashion accessory."
- Douglas Haddow, 'Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization', adbusters.org, 29 Jul 2008.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word hipster
Weirdnet, you are so far out of date that your meaning is the opposite of the current.
July 31, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word hipster
(Perfection as a hipster, by God Help the Girl)
January 5, 2010
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August 18, 2011