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▪ I. hipster1 slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈhɪpstə(r)|
[f. hip a. + -ster.]
One who is ‘hip’; a hip- (or hep-)cat. Also attrib. Hence ˈhipsterism, the condition or fact of being a hipster; the characteristics of hipsters. Cf. hepster.
1941J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 31 Hipster, a know-it-all. 1946Mezzrow & Wolfe Really Blues 374 Hipster, man who's in the know, grasps everything, is alert. 1948Partisan Rev. XV. 722 Carrying his language and his new philosophy like concealed weapons, the hipster set out to conquer the world. 1956Observer 23 Sept. 2/5 ‘Hipster’ is modern jazz parlance for ‘hep-cat’. 1958Listener 3 July 16/1 This whole vexed question of hipsterism, anger, French new realism, and so forth. 1958New Statesman 6 Sept. 292/3 The anthology is valuable for a speculative essay by Norman Mailer on ‘beat’ or hipster culture. 1959‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene 291 Jive⁓talk or hipster-talk is..an argot or cant designed to set the group apart from outsiders. 1959N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 303 The exchange was called ‘Reflections on Hipsterism’, when it appeared in Dissent. I did not choose the title, and so I have altered the name of the piece. 1967Lancet 15 July 150/2 The ‘hipster’ movement in California..seemed to be an outright rejection of accepted standards and values.
▪ II. hipster2|ˈhɪpstə(r)|
[f. hip n.1 + -ster.]
Used esp. attrib. of, or pertaining to, a garment, e.g. a skirt or trousers, that extends from the hips rather than the waist. In pl., such a pair of trousers.
1962Sunday Express 30 Dec. 16/4 Top girls are buying camel-hair hipsters with long matching braces. 1967Spectator 14 July 53/3 A shop in the Chelsea Antique Market has neatly solved the male sartorial problem at a price level to fit any hipster pocket. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 45 Hipster, a skirt which sits on the hips instead of the waist. |
