HIPSTER

hippie, hippy, hipster, flower child

(noun) someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hipster (plural hipsters)

A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions. [from earlier 20th c.]

A member of Bohemian counterculture.

An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.

(US, obsolete, Prohibition) A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).

(US, obsolete, 1930s) A dancer, particularly a female one.

Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

Synonyms

(Prohibition)

• vial villain

• gentleman from Kentucky (from Kentucky backcountry moonshine)

Coordinate terms

(Prohibition)

• suffer from hip disease (v.)

• bootlegging (n.)

• bootleg (v.) (from hiding flasks in the boot, or stocking)

Verb

hipster (third-person singular simple present hipsters, present participle hipstering, simple past and past participle hipstered)

To behave like a hipster.

To dress or decorate in a hip fashion.

Anagrams

• Pithers, perisht, prehist.

Source: Wiktionary



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