hipster1
/ˈhɪpstə
/noun informal
A person who follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream.And yes, I wrote an article for The American Conservative about a new trend of conservative hipsters....
- Fashionable hipsters and art patrons mingled in the boxy gallery tucked in New York's chic Chelsea district.
- There's nothing more pathetic than an aging hipster.
Derivatives
hipsterish
- She stars as Kate Hannah, a first-grade teacher living in the hipsterish Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park with her slacker husband.
- At first glance this cool hipsterish joint doesn't seem like it'd be very child-friendly.
- Oh, Brooklyn, capital of all things hipsterish and well-coiffured, we love you, but you are losing your touch.
hipsterism
- But this paper argues that hipsterism fuses cultural capital and affect.
- I mean, jeez, if I'm going to wallow in obvious hipsterism, I want it to at least be fun and well-executed, not ironically arch, foppish and bloodless.
- Andy Warhol would have approved of the rampant hipsterism at his museum Friday.
Origin
1940s (used originally as an equivalent term to hepcat): from hip3 + -ster.
Rhymes
hipster2
/ˈhɪpstə/British
adjective
(Of a garment) cut to fit and fasten at the hips rather than the waist.You can spot these on skinny girls wearing hipster clothing....
- But it's not all racist hipster clothing outlets and space-age rice pudding bars that drew the Murdochs to the neighborhood.
- A hipster belt draws attention to your curves without going overboard.
noun (hipsters)
Trousers cut to fit and fasten at the hips.Her figure looked fine but the jeans were hipsters and the tank top was a little short....
- Expect all the hits from the film as the cast transport you back to the days of leather jackets, skin tight catsuits, hipsters and squares.
- In 1995, bootleg hipsters irrevocably changed the design of trousers.