different between hipster vs hippie

English

Alternative forms

• (A person interested in the latest trends): hepster (dated)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?p.st?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?p.st?/

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. (US, obsolete, Prohibition) A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).
5. (US, obsolete, 1930s) A dancer, particularly a female one.
6. Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

Synonyms

(Prohibition):

• vial villain
• gentleman from Kentucky (from Kentucky backcountry moonshine)

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

(Prohibition):

• suffer from hip disease (v.)
• bootlegging (n.)
• bootleg (v.) (from hiding flasks in the boot, or stocking)

Translations

Verb

hipster (third-person singular simple present hipsters, present participle hipstering, simple past and past participle hipstered)

1. To behave like a hipster.
2. To dress or decorate in a hip fashion.

References

Anagrams

• Pithers, perisht, prehist.

French

Etymology

From English hipster.

Noun

hipster m or f (plural hipsters)

1. hipster

Polish

Etymology

From English hipster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?x?ip.st?r/

Noun

hipster m pers (feminine hipsterka)

1. hipster (person interested in the latest trends)
2. hipster (aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) hipsterski

Further reading

• hipster in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• hipster in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From English hipster.

Noun

hipster m, f (plural hipsters)

1. hipster (person interested in the latest trends)

Spanish

Etymology

From English hipster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xibste?/, [?xi??s.t?e?]

Noun

hipster m (plural hipsters or hipster)

1. hipster

   Synonyms: gafapasta, modernillo

Derived terms

• hipsterismo

English

Alternative forms

• hippy

Etymology

From 1953, a usually disparaging variant of hipster. See also etymology of hippie.

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?p'i, IPA^(key): /?h?pi/
• Rhymes: -?pi

Noun

hippie (plural hippies)

1. (1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks.

   Synonym: beatnik

2. (1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.

   Synonyms: treehugger, flower child

3. (modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and has unusually long hair (for males), and is thus often stereotyped as a deadbeat.
4. Someone who dresses in a hippie style.
5. One who is hip.

Derived terms

• hippiedom
• hippieism

Related terms

• hip
• hipster

Translations

Adjective

hippie (comparative hippier, superlative hippiest)

1. Of or pertaining to hippies.
2. (colloquial, humorous) Not conforming to generally accepted standards.

Related terms

• hep
• hip

See also

• feral

Further reading

• hippie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Epiphi

Czech

Etymology

From English hippie.

Noun

hippie m

1. hippie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English hippie.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hip?pie

Noun

hippie m or f (plural hippies)

1. hippie

French

Etymology

From English hippie.

Noun

hippie m or f (plural hippies)

1. hippie

Adjective

hippie (plural hippies)

1. hippie

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English hippie and hippy.

Noun

hippie m (definite singular hippien, indefinite plural hippier, definite plural hippiene)

1. a hippie or hippy

References

• “hippie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English hippie and hippy.

Noun

hippie m (definite singular hippien, indefinite plural hippiar, definite plural hippiane)

1. a hippie or hippy

References

• “hippie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From English hippie.

Noun

hippie m, f (plural hippies)

1. hippie (member of a nonconformist subculture of the 1960s)

Spanish

Etymology

From English hippie.

Noun

hippie m or f (plural hippies)

1. hippie