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hipster.

A person who is hip, being keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɪp.stə/UK/ˈhɪp.stɚ/US
  1. A person who is hip, being keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.

  2. A person who is hip, being keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions. A person who rejects mainstream culture; an anti-conformist.

    broadly
  3. A member of a Bohemian counterculture.

  4. An aficionado of jazz who considers themselves to be hip.

  5. A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).

    US · obsolete
  6. A dancer, particularly a female one during the 1930s.

    US · historical · obsolete
  7. Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

Where this word comes from

From hip + -ster. First attested for someone carrying something on their hip in the U.S. in the 1920s. Attested as a variant of hepster in the 1940s, for a follower of the latest fashions/trends/styles.

verb/ˈhɪp.stə/UK/ˈhɪp.stɚ/US
  1. To behave like a hipster.

    informal · intransitive
  2. To dress or decorate in a hip fashion.

    informal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From hip + -ster. First attested for someone carrying something on their hip in the U.S. in the 1920s. Attested as a variant of hepster in the 1940s, for a follower of the latest fashions/trends/styles.

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