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yuppie
English
Alternative forms
- yuppy
Etymology
Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, +? -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?j?p?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?j?pi/
- Rhymes: -?pi
Noun
yuppie (plural yuppies)
- (informal) a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.
Synonyms
- bobo
- yumpie
- yup, YUP
Derived terms
Translations
French
Noun
yuppie m (plural yuppies)
- yuppie
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English yuppie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?jup.pi/
Noun
yuppie m or f (plural yuppies)
- yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)
Derived terms
- yuppismo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English yuppie.
Noun
yuppie m, f (plural yuppies)
- yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)
Spanish
Noun
yuppie m (plural yuppies)
- Alternative spelling of yuppy
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hipster
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)
- 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 […]
- c. 1954, Jack Kerouac, Untitled poem, in Book of Sketches, 1952-57, Penguin, 2006, p. 239,
- A member of Bohemian counterculture.
- An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
- (US, obsolete, Prohibition) A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).
- (US, obsolete, 1930s) A dancer, particularly a female one.
- 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)
- To behave like a hipster.
- 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)
- hipster
Polish
Etymology
From English hipster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?x?ip.st?r/
Noun
hipster m pers (feminine hipsterka)
- hipster (person interested in the latest trends)
- 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)
- 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)
- hipster
- Synonyms: gafapasta, modernillo
Derived terms
- hipsterismo
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