hipdomn.
/ˈhɪpdəm/, U.S. /ˈhɪpdəm/ Originally U.S.
The state or condition of being hip (hip adj. 2). Also (and in earliest use): the world of hip people; hip people considered collectively.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun]
fashionableness1640
à-la-modeness1669
modishness1676
à la modality1753
tonishness1780
style1807
stylishnessa1817
fashionability1840
swellishness1863
hep1899
hipness1937
coolness1951
hip1956
cool1962
hipdom1962
with-it-ness1963
funkiness1974
1962 N.Y. Times 25 Nov. (Bk. Review section) 4/4 The true-believing bureaucrats of hipdom and the horrified censors,..arrayed in mortal combat.
1983 Washington Post 18 Dec. k1 When Allen..was a boy, hipdom was in, war was out and long hair was all around.
1995 i-D Aug. 98/1 Love it or loathe it, 1995 has seen an influx into hipdom of the kinds of bands and characters that form a loosely-based New Wave.
2000 Independent on Sunday 27 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 6/1 Can he continue to be the voice of hipdom?
2009 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 94/3 Those other accoutrements of formerly affluent hipdom—the iPhone, the rain-forest-safari vacation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1962