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