different between hipsterism vs hipster

English

Etymology

hipster +? -ism

Noun

hipsterism (countable and uncountable, plural hipsterisms)

1. hipness
   • 1968, Take a Cop to Dinner (in The Digger Papers)

     Neighborhood Committees and Social Organizations take cops to dinner with free discussions offering discriminating insights into hipsterism, black militancy, and drug culture.
2. Something typical of a hipster.

Anagrams

• shrimpiest

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