hipster:
(plural: ‘hipsters‘)
‘hip’ is more commonly used to refer a part of a human body, the part of the body below the waist and above the thigh, but in this context, ‘hip’ means ‘fashionable’, ‘aware of things’, ‘in the know’, from which the words ‘hippy’ and ‘hipster’ are derived, believed to have been used by Afro-Americans in the past
hipsters
a person who is very fashionable, especially in wearing modern clothes;
(old usage) a fan of modern jazz music;
(old usage) a hippie (previous entry),
a couple of hipsters/hippies
e.g.
Kenneth thinks he’s a hipster because he wears tight jeans, dark shirts and dark glasses, but we all know that he knows nothing.
It’s surprising to learn that though hipsters are an extension of hippies, they don’t like to be called hippies!
The present general public is against hipsters as the then general public was against hippies; however, the hipsters are more readily tolerated than their predecessors the hippies.
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Compare: punk
In British usage, always in plural form, ‘hipsters’, is ‘a pair of trousers (pants) that cover or fit tightly over the hips but do not cover the waist of the wearer. For a review article on hipsters, please click here.
