hipoisien.
/ˌhɪpwɑːˈziː/, U.S. /ˌhɪpwɑˈzi/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
Chiefly with the or modifying word. Hip people considered collectively or as a type.Sometimes with (humorously) mocking or disparaging connotations.
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1973 S. Morgan in Contempora Summer 19/2 ‘You want to rub shoulders with the hipoisie the night before we leave?’ ‘Honey, we are the hipoisie.’
1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic ii. 43 Chas Chandler knew that Hendrix was his secret weapon to demolish the caste structure of London's hipoisie.
1998 Entertainm. Weekly 30 Jan. 67 The harder task here will be getting art-house hipoisie to seriously consider G.I. Jane.
2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 28 June 61 For the hipoisie, there is the added allure that comes with a formerly seedy area.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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