hipster

Etymology

hip +‎ -ster

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪp.stə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪp.stɚ/

Noun

hipster (plural hipsters)

1. A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions. [from earlier 20th c.]
   • c. 1954, Jack Kerouac, Untitled poem, in Book of Sketches, 1952-57, Penguin, 2006, p. 239,

     I, poor French Canadian Ti Jean become / a big sophisticated hipster esthete in / the homosexual arts […]

2. A member of Bohemian counterculture.
3. An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
4. Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

Anagrams

• Pithers, perisht, prehist.

Noun

hipster m, f (plural hipsters)

1. hipster

Noun

hipster m, f (plural hipsters)

1. hipster (person interested in the latest trends)

Etymology

English

Noun

hipster m (plural hipsters or hipster)

1. hipster