hipster

hipster
1. (hipster) (68754↑, 16965↓)
Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter. The greatest concentrations of hipsters can be found living in the Williamsburg, Wicker Park, and Mission District neighborhoods of major cosmopolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco respectively. Although "hipsterism" is really a state of mind,it is also often intertwined with distinct fashion sensibilities. Hipsters reject the culturally-ignorant attitudes of mainstream consumers, and are often be seen wearing vintage and thrift store inspired fashions, tight-fitting jeans, old-school sneakers, and sometimes thick rimmed glasses. Both hipster men and women sport similar androgynous hair styles that include combinations of messy shag cuts and asymmetric side-swept bangs. Such styles are often associated with the work of creative stylists at urban salons, and are usually too "edgy" for the culturally-sheltered mainstream consumer. The "effortless cool" urban bohemian look of a hipster is exemplified in Urban Outfitters and American Apparel ads which cater towards the hipster demographic. Despite misconceptions based on their aesthetic tastes, hipsters tend to be well educated and often have liberal arts degrees, or degrees in maths and sciences, which also require certain creative analytical thinking abilities. Consequently many hipsters tend to have jobs in the music, art, and fashion industries. It is a myth that most hipsters are unemployed and live off of their parent's trust funds. Hipsters shun mainstream societal conventions that apply to dating preferences and traditional "rules" of physical attraction. It is part of the hipster central dogma not to be influenced by mainsream advertising and media, which tends to only promote ethnocentric ideals of beauty. The concepts of androgyny and feminism have influenced hipster culture, where hipster men are often as thin as the women they date. The muscular and athletic all-American male ideal is not seen as attractive by confident and culturally-empowered hipster women who instead view them as symbols of male oppression, sexism, and misogyny. Likewise, culturally-vapid sorority-type girls with fake blond hair, overly tanned skin, and "Britney Spears tube-tops" are not seen as attractive by cultured hipster males who instead see them as symbols of female insecurity, low self-esteem, and lack of cultural intelligence and independent thinking. Hipsters are also very racially open-minded, and the greatest number of interracial couples in any urban environment are typically found within the hipster subculture. Although hipsters are technically conformists within their own subculture, in comparison to the much larger mainstream mass, they are pioneers and leaders of the latest cultural trends and ideals. For example, the surge of jeans made to look old and worn (i.e. "distressed"), that have become prevalent at stores such as The Gap, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, and Hollister, were originally paraded by hipsters who shopped in thrift stores years before such clothing items were mass produced and sold to the mainstream consumer. The true irony here is that many of the detractors of hipster culture are in fact unknowingly following a path that hipsters have carved out years before them. This phenomena also applies to music as well, as many bands have become successful and known to mainstream audiences only because hipsters first found and listened to them as early-adopters of new culture. Once certain concepts of fashion and music have reached mainstream audiences, hipsters move on to something new and improved. Because of the rise of various online photo-blog and social networking sites, insights into urban hipster culture is reaching sheltered suburban audiences at an exponential rate. Cultural "norms" have been deconstructed by hipster culture as a whole. Hipsterism is often dismissed as just an image thing by some, but the culture as a whole is effecting changes in society, leading to feelings of insecurity and resentment in people who are no longer a part of the cultural ruling class. For example, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from culturally-clueless suburban frat boy types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can.

A conversation outside a hipster bar in downtown NYC: Frat Boy \#1: Dude, are you having any luck picking up chicks in there? Frat Boy \#2: Man...I haven't experienced anything like this before. These chicks are totally rejecting me and going for all these hipster guys in tight pants and shaggy hair instead. Frat Boy \#1: Maybe we should head back up to that bar in Murry Hill where you hooked up with that drunk b*tch from Alpha Sigma Phi last week? Frat Boy \#2: Yeah...I don't think we have what it takes to compete with these guys in here. These hipster chicks won't even give us the time of the day\!

2. (Hipster) (5987↑, 2612↓)
The term "hipster" is cross-applied from the 1930s Beatniks. The modern hipster is a composite of individuals with a certain bohemian life situation and lifestyle. He or she rejects "mainstream" culture and embraces and contributes to independent culture, and prides him/herself on this. The modern hipster image has been proliferated through the internet, publications such as Vice Magazine, and sightings in the music, fashion, and art world. The image of the hipster is constantly changing, but several aspects have stayed constant over time. Lives in a young, artsy neighborhood of a major city such as Wicker Park in Chicago, Greenwich Village in Manhattan, or Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Usually has some degree of monetary conformability, although sometimes only because of their parents, due to cost of living in these areas. Works (or wants to work) in music, art, or fashion. Has "elitist" music taste and listens to nu-rave (i.e. The Klaxons, Cut Copy, Hercules and Love Affair), minimalist techno, independent rap (i.e. Spank Rock, Talib Kweli, Aesop Rock), nerdcore (i.e. YT Cracker, MC Lars, MC Chris), Elephant 6 (i.e. of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo), garage rock, and punk rock in addition to all manners of independent rock. Favorite band is very likely Bright Eyes, The Arcade Fire, The Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines, The Strokes, or something of that nature. Also watches independent and foreign films and reads independent books, magazines, and periodicals. Is a fan of modern art and may also be an amateur artist. Dresses in a progressive but retro fashion that is often changing. Popular items include leggings, mini-skirts, leg warmers, '60s dresses, headbands, chunky jewelry, and large shirts and sweaters for girls and skinny suits and ties, tight jeans and cords, t-shirts with ironic sayings and images, cardigans, plaid and buffalo check shirts, colorful hoodies, and tight windbreakers for guys. Both genders frequently wear dirty Vans and Converses, flamboyant Nikes, large plastic frame glasses, and neon wayfarer sunglasses and are sometimes pierced and tattooed. Shops at Urban Outfitters, American Apparel, and thrift stores. Likes to hang out at fashionable coffee shops, indie rock shows, and hipster dance clubs. Does food shopping at stores like Whole Foods and is often vegan or vegetarian. Eats chic ethnic food and prefers organic and Fair Trade fruits and vegetables. Favorite beer is Pabst Blue Ribbon. Takes up many causes and is often socially minded. Enjoys irony in all facets of life, from fashion (wears mismatching outfits and unpopular vintage clothing often emblazoned with ironic sayings) to sports (plays in dodgeball tournaments at McCarren Park Pool). May ride a fixed-gear bicycle or a hybrid car. Networks through Myspace, Facebook, and/or Twitter. Usually rejects the term "hipster" and argues if called one.

Hipster: Hey, don't call me that\!

3. (hipster) (3370↑, 1450↓)
Referring to young people of around 18-30 years of age, who drink cheap beer (most often Pabst Blue Ribbon, on occasion Budwiser), smoke Parliaments, Lucky Strikes or hard to obtain foreign cigarettes (such as Gauloises) and take recreational drugs, coke being the most popular. Use a great deal of sarcasm, claim to be ironic. Are usually less than 5% body fat, drink copious amounts of coffee and eat children's cereal. Listen to Indie Rock, rely heavily on Pitchfork Media to tell them what's cool. Don't dance at concerts. Wear a mixture of thrifted clothing and items bought at American Apparel (commonly Tri-blend v-necks) and Urban Outfitters. Extremely tight jeans worn by both sexes, pairing these with either a band or b-movie t shirt and a plaid shirt/v-neck and a cardigan along with Nike hi-tops/Vans/Keds. Females often wear retro style dresses and racerback tank tops without bras. Eschew public transport and instead choose to ride fixed-break bikes. Often claim to know about literature and film - will have googled a good deal of Vonnegut and French New Wave cinema.

Look At This Fucking Hipster gives various good examples of Hipster kids.

4. (Hipster) (5705↑, 3882↓)
\\hip-stur\\n. One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool"; a Hipster would instead say "deck.") The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2% body fat. -The Hipster Handbook, Robert Lanham

Typically a Hipster can be identified by vintage or thrift-store bougt clothing, a taste for obscure or underground music, a penchant for irony and an elitist attitude.

5. (Hipster) (3006↑, 1600↓)
Aged [indie] kids, Hipsters still maintain the air of [snobbery], still shop at [salvation army], and still have a completely astonishing array of knowledge when it comes to [obscure music], [pop-culture non-sequiturs], and [political sneers]. Absolutely a blast to be friends with, hell to be enemies of, hipsters are the most [bi-polar] of all the [stereotypes] when it comes to how they treat you. Can be recognized by books like "The [Clockwork Orange]", "[Everything is Illuminated]", or [obscure] [philosophy] books, by authors akin to [Dostoevsky].

"Dude, remember sarah?" "yeah, that little indie kid, why?" "i saw her in a coffee shop they other day, reading [The Brothers]. She now goes by Anthurium..." "Oh, our little indie kid has transformed into a hipster butterfly\!"

Author: regretsareawaste http://hipster.urbanup.com/3028970
6. (hipster) (1541↑, 598↓)
Huge believer in evolution, whose enemy is those "unenlightened" conformists who follow their evolutionary desires in choosing sexual partners. Though early women evolved to prefer muscular, athletic, confident, secure men, hipsters are convinced that men who try to achieve these characteristics and their female admirers are doing so because they lack the intellectual capacity to realize that pale, sickly men with a smug attitude make the best partners.

Hipster: Look at all those conformists who waste their time working and exercising, when they could be buying trendy clothes.

7. (Hipster) (989↑, 227↓)
Someone who listens to bands you've never heard of, wears ironic tee-shirts, and believes they are better than you.

"Julian is such a hipster\!"

8. (hipster) (679↑, 85↓)
Someone whose fear of being labeled a conformist and obsession with being different closely parallels the fear of being labeled different and obsession with being mainstream of the person whom the hipster so vehemently despises.

A hipster will read this, realize it's true, and love it because it's ironic.

Author: Dontuseyourrealnametheysaid http://hipster.urbanup.com/5365618
9. (hipster) (846↑, 375↓)
usually someone in college or fresh out of college until about their late twenties who enjoys indie music, a good cup of coffee or tea, grocery shopping at an organic store and vintage clothe shopping. also enjoys local acoustic band shows, and enjoys indie flicks or foreign films with subtitles. they are snobbish about their music and political affiliations, and enjoy reading books.they enjoy traveling and culture in general.

someone who dresses 1/2 euro trendy with and attitude of "i still like to read". they don't label themselves as hipsters, yet some claim instead to be "ecclectic"

Author: Jennifer refinneJ http://hipster.urbanup.com/1606022
10. (hipster) (574↑, 163↓)
A hipster is someone who is smart enough to talk about philosophy, music, politics, art, etc. with you all day long, but not smart enough to see how big of a tool s/he is. The only sure fire way to tell if someone you're talking to is, in fact, a hipster is to ask them "are you a hipster?". If they respond no, and turn their casette player back on, you can be sure you're dealing with a hipster.

Person 1: I met this really smart girl with a goofy haircut, but I think she has asperger's. Person 2: She's probably just a hipster.

11. (hipster) (457↑, 50↓)
Someone who thinks something unknown is cool, and stops liking it as soon as it becomes popular. These people think they are cool because of it, but generally speaking, they are arrogant bastards who conform to an ideal of non-conformity.

Hipster: you like my pokemon hat and t-shirt with no brand name? Other kid: yeah i have that exact hat and none of my clothes have labels either\!\!\! Hipster: uhh... *turns away* WHO WANTS MY CLOTHES?\!?\!

12. (Hipster) (9687↑, 9319↓)
Listens to bands that you have never heard of. Has hairstyle that can only be described as "complicated." (Most likely achieved by a minimum of one week not washing it.) Probably tattooed. Maybe gay. Definitely cooler than you. Reads Black Book, Nylon, and the Styles section of the New York Times. Drinks Pabst Blue Ribbon. Often. Complains. Always denies being a hipster. Hates the word. Probably living off parents money - and spends a great deal of it to look like they don't have any. Has friends and/or self cut hair. Dyes it frequently (black, white-blonde, etc. and until scalp bleeds). Has a closet full of clothing but usually wears same three things OVER AND OVER (most likely very tight black pants, scarf, and ironic tee-shirt). Chips off nail polish artfully after $50 manicure. Sleeps with everyone and talks about it at great volume in crowded coffee shops. Addicted to coffee, cigarettes (Parliaments, Kamel Reds, Lucky Strikes, etc.), and possibly cocaine. Claims to be in a band. Rehearsals consist of choosing outfits for next show and drinking PBR. Always on the list. Majors or majored in art, writing, or queer studies. Name-drops. May go by "Penny Lane," "Eleanor Rigby," etc. when drunk. On PBR. Which is usually.

I am not a fucking hipster\! (sweeps bangs to side dramatically and takes a swig of PBR)

13. (Hipster) (340↑, 94↓)
One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the deck. The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns anything held dear by the mainstream. Ideally, a hipster posses body fat in the single digits.

I saw Eli Fuld riding his fixie the other day. How anti-mainstream of him. He's the only hipster in YU.

Author: Marky mArk 247 http://hipster.urbanup.com/5455432
14. (hipster) (512↑, 305↓)
Noun - urban (or suburban import) dweller who goes to all the coolest clubs, listens to the coolest music, is into various aspects of the arts, including but not limited to street art, indie films, street displays, sticker art, etc.... A hipster also must know all the coolest other hipsters. If you have to ask what a hipster is, then you are definitely not a hipster. Hipsters have more music on their ipods then anyone they know, and all the bands are indie or underground.

Q: how many hipsters does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: What, you don't know?

15. (hipster) (263↑, 59↓)
A hipster is someone who buys records even if they don't have a record player, just to say they bought records. They listen to music that no one actually likes. Their taste in music is to make them seem cooler, by being non conformist, therefore making them conform to nonconformists. Hipsters tend to wear flannel and sweaters from flea markets.

Oh look at that hipster\! I heard he listened to Sonic Youth to cover up his love for Rihanna.

Author: pinkxxmusicLOVE http://hipster.urbanup.com/4477733
16. (hipster) (238↑, 44↓)
hipster, n. (slang) 1. A person who markets a facade of originality for social standing, when in fact they are not original; attention seeking and fake. 2. People who, despite following the hipster style trends, music, and culture, deny being a hipster. Synonym: pretentious

Who in the hell decided to play noise music in the cafeteria- and at nine in the morning, no less?\! My ears are starting to ring." "Oh, you can blame that on Gary. He's such a hipster.

17. (hipster) (268↑, 89↓)
describing someone who is as self-important as the [emo], but with self-declared superior taste in fashion, music, and art. Where the emo's primary identifying feature was self-deprecation, emotional instability and general public hatred, the Hipster identifies with being so far head the rest of general society in terms of "[indie]-ness" and aesthetic that they take being misunderstood and overlooked as a compliment - because the masses of pop-culture whores don't get it anyway.

Hipster: "I'm so indie, I listen to bands that don't exist yet."

18. (hipster) (291↑, 146↓)
A young adult who emigrates from a suburban or rural area to a major metropolis and sets about aggressively and semi-publically slipping and sliding up the steep learning curve of urban culture.

Two days ago I longed to be a hipster, yesterday I was a hipster, today I smile compassionately at hipsters.

19. (Hipster) (188↑, 63↓)
(hip-stur) n. A 20 something white, upper-middle class suburban transplant to any gentrifying neighborhood in any major city, but Brooklyn, NY in particular. Disheveled, hand-me-down appearance to present the image that they are not a slave to trends or fashions(ha\!) They typically wear thick, Andy Warhol-like glasses (whether they need them or not), unshaven, unkept shaggy hair and retro Converse sneakers sometimes with no laces. The term is often used as a pejorative considering a "hipster" detests being called a "hipster."

Williamsburg, Brooklyn is now a hipster neighborhood.

20. (hipster) (131↑, 15↓)
A individual who prides themselves on what they perceive to be their "unique" sense of style and entertainment. They can usually be identified by their skinny jeans, love of nostalgic items, thick rimmed glasses, and their smug sense of superiority. A conversation with a "hipster" will usually entail of obscure bands, designers, and politicians and they can usually be spotted on bicycles, Urban Outfitters, or Whole Foods. They enjoy "ironic" things: mostly what you wouldn't expect a self-absorbed upper class individual would enjoy: such as cheap beer, piercings, and bolo ties. Basically, a very well-dressed douche-bag.

[Hipster]: "So I was watching Sesame Street the other day while eating some Captain Crunch, and my dog Bark Obama threw up all over my Times New Viking LP. I had to wipe it up with my Three Wolf Moon shirt, and I was so shook up about it I had to relax with some clove cigarettes and some Pabst Blue Ribbon." [Normal Person]: "Wow, aren't you the little [hipster]? Now get your Barbie ten-speed off my lawn.

Author: MorningBlueRose http://hipster.urbanup.com/5429309
21. (hipster) (164↑, 52↓)
there isn't much difference between hipsters and indie kids. their favorite color is probably either yellow or red. they like triangles, owls, and they all smoke. hipsters MUST know what omegle and 4chan are, lolcats and insanewolfs are a must, too. every hipster needs a camera. they'll take pictures, put them in black and white, and they're automatically photographers. they spend most of their time complaining on tumblr, and making fun of hipsters for being hipsters. they constantly bicker about twilight and harry potter, often favoring harry potter. yeah sure, hp and twilight have nothing in common, but who cares? hipsters don't.

person a: what's that lyric from? person b: oh, just some obscure band you've most likely never heard of. person a: LOLOLOL look at that hipster. person b: lulz, i know. person a: i have so many followers on tumblr, but they all delete my cred\!

Author: George Oscar Bluthe http://hipster.urbanup.com/5071455
22. (Hipster) (137↑, 28↓)
An unwashed and ungroomed person who hates corporations and everything mainstream, yet still buys Apple products.

hipster 1: Ugh..I like totally hate corporations and mainstream companies who just steal from the world and stuff. I like hate mainstream\!\!\! hipster 2: I totally feel that. Oh hey the new iPhone 4 is out in stores\!\!\!\!\! hipster1: Oh\! Em\! Gee\! i'm gonna call my mom and ask her for a check. Check your GPS for the nearest Apple store.....

23. (Hipster) (130↑, 30↓)
Someone who tries way too hard to make an impression on others and is far too self conscious to ever live a happy and meaningful life. They think they are unique, but really they are simply a slave to their own subculture's trends. Overall, you shouldn't dislike hipsters, you should feel bad for them.

Look at that hipster, with his scarf and his skinny jeans. Poor guy, he must be miserable spending all of that time trying to attain that look. And oh, look, he just ordered a PBR. Never mind that that beer tastes terrible, all he cares about is the fact that he is upholding an image

24. (Hipster) (633↑, 543↓)
Hipster- A contrived identity constructed out of a pastiche of symbols co-opted from bohemian movements of the past, and then reassembled and repackaged. Yet, unlike bohemian subcultures of earlier periods, the hipster lives by no common creed, ethic, or collection of political beliefs. Nor does the hipster offer a unique form of art, music, or literature as groups such as the Beats, Hippies, Yippies, or Punks once did. Rather, the hipster is driven by an effort to cultivate an identity as an end in itself, a persona that will presumably distinguish the hipster from their despised, and over-generalized concept of “mainstream culture.” Hipster Psychology- Hipster psychology is born out of experiences of rejection during childhood and adolescence as well as the resultant inability to conform to contemporary social standards. The hipster, as a psychological self defense mechanism, constructs an alternative perspective on culture and identity as a response to their subjective experience of social failure and emotional pain. Rather than accept their own shortcomings at face value, the hipster cultivates a self centered world view whereupon culture, religion, politics, and society as a whole are at fault for all that causes dissatisfaction and frustration. Furthermore, the hipster believes that his or her non-participation in “mainstream” life serves as a form of subversion itself, as well as proof positive of their intellectual enlightenment rather than an obvious demonstration of their failure to adapt. Because arrogance is the shadow of shame, the hipster converts his or her social incompetence into an attitude of superiority, and his or her failure into a disposition of pride. Consequently, hipster culture presents an “alternative image” that attempts to counter, parody, mock, or even satire their concept of mainstream culture while providing a safe environment that, from afar, collectively gives the appearance of a movement. Thus, hipsters make it their practice to flaunt the photo-negative image of their idea of popular “suburban” culture. For example, if the average person in the suburbs shops in malls, the hipster will buy their clothing in second hand shops. If (over generalized) suburban men drive state of the art sports cars with large engines, the hipster may drive a modest Volkswagen or an old, very undersized subcompact European car such as an early seventies BMW, or better yet, ride a fixed gear bicycle with a sticker exclaiming “One Less Car.” Because the Hipster loathes above all things to be seen as conventional they, as a rule, don’t work. According to existentialist orthodoxy, “one is what one does.” As a result, the hipster does nothing. The hipster’s lack of participation in any type of career, at least on the surface, functions as an attempt to avoid being characterized as "mainstream." However, upon deeper examination it isn't hard to discover that the hipster lacks the requisite skills to do anything purposeful anyway. Rather, for the hipster, one is as one "seems." And the hipster is very adept at being able to "seem." Seeming requires collecting symbols both material and intellectual and proves much easier on a frail body and psyche than actual work. This is particularly the case when parents help around rent time, if the hipster doesn't already own. Because the hipster’s life is a lie that they tell to themselves (and don’t believe themselves) they demonstrate a high degree of instability and mental illness which will often be treated by psychoactive medication. Often hipsters will merely self-medicate, particularly if their parents don't pay their COBRA. As a result, hipsters will eventually exhibit behaviors that are truly alternative until they face the fact that their subculture is an elaborate buffer from their fear of non-acceptance and failure.

Hipster Conversation- Dylan: “Man, I’m so sick of my dad’s whole patriarchal disdain for any sense of leisure.” Josh: "Yeah, man, tell me about it; I hardly ever get back up to Greenwich anymore for that reason.” Dylan “Hey bartender, we’ll take two Pabst Blue Ribbons please.”

25. (hipster) (298↑, 211↓)
People who take themselves desperately seriously but vigorously deny it in order to be "ironic."

"Madonna is so clutch," the hipster opined. "She's so meta."

26. (hipster) (107↑, 22↓)
...ha, like you'd know\!

a hipster would commonly say something to the effect of: seriously dude, don't ask me to explain my music to you, you wouldn't get it anyways...god i am going to go masturbate to Andy Warhol

27. (hipster) (127↑, 46↓)
hipsters, usually some where between 16 and 24 years old, are in people in the process of breaking their ties with the ska punk "scene" that they dearly loved as a teenager. Their main form of transportation is a fixed gear road bike. Guy hipsters ussally wear skinny jeans, self designed t-shirts(printed drawn, spray painted, ect.). Girl hipsters will sport just about anything that doesn't have a brand logo on it that can be found in their local thrift store, both are often seen with lesbian-esque haircuts and chuck taylor's or vans. Politically, hipsters are very liberal and often are socialist and are in love with Abbie Hoffman and Che Guevara but are too lazy to start any kind of a revolution. Musically, hipsters listen to many genres, some bands most hipsters listen to are the beatles, atleast one of conor obersts projects, the cure, modest mouse, matt and kim, mgmt, the smashing pumpkins and the smiths, many hipsters are also secretly in love with my chemical romance but won't admit it unless they catch their hipster friend listening to them although they often have intense hatred for followers of the christ-core scene.

[hipster][fixed gear][abbie hoffman][conor oberst][liberal]

Author: startainfection http://hipster.urbanup.com/5062779
28. (hipster) (103↑, 25↓)
Hipsters are too cool for Urban Dictionary. You probably don't know what they use because it's underground.

The hipster's skinny jeans tore at the crotch, and it turned out he wasn't a man after all.

29. (Hipster) (120↑, 46↓)
Basically a hipster is your modern day Amish. They don't like the trends of the world, so they shun them and live their own worthless lives.

Everyone in the world loves stupid designer things and doesn't appreciate the finer things in life, such as this bag i found in a tree. No one else has it. Hipsters are cheap.

30. (Hipster) (69↑, 8↓)
The Bourgeois Bohemian. Those who strive for the starving artist image, but without the starving or the art. They represent the futility of being a young person trying to be shocking, groundbreaking and passionate in the 21st century. They're total non-conformists and don't dress like anyone else. Ever. Typically, they wear skinny-jeans with ironic t-shirts, vintage jackets and moustaches. Silly hats are optional. They also don't act like anyone else. Typically, they support obscure independent music and fair trade/ organic produce. See what I mean? There's no pidgeon-holing a hipster. Hipster bands include Animal Collective, Vivian Girls, the Antlers and Grizzly Bear. Now that I've mentioned them, they're evil mainstream bullshit. On to the next band\!

You: "See, I have a moustache. It's [ironic] because I'm not racist." Me: "Fucking hipster..."

Author: Bill Burroughs http://hipster.urbanup.com/5417220
31. (Hipster) (78↑, 20↓)
A person inbetween the ages of young teenager to early thirties who wears vintage/thrift store clothing and tends to embrace the underground, indie culture (art, books, music) instead of the mainstream. A typical hipster wears thick rimmed glasses/sunglasses (mostly Ray-Bans), skinny jeans, ironic tees or band shirts, and low top Converse or some kind of colorful high tops. They mostly listen to indie bands that are about to make it big, such as Phoenix. They have their own 'hip' slang such as 'deck' which means cool. They often hang out at coffee shops and have artfully messy hair. They dislike labelism and being called a hipster. They most likely live in SF's Haight, Williamsburg, SoHo, or the Mission District.

That hipster is so against the mainstream.

32. (Hipster) (66↑, 23↓)
Annoying 120lb toothpicks running around in tight trousers and even tighter t-shirts. Tend to (falsely) believe they're witty, eccentric, and refined, when in reality they have zero interests of their own and need to cling on to anything viewed as "uncool" to have something to talk about. They're very head-strong, particularly when it comes to politics, an area in which they view themselves as enlightened. Love to read just for the sake of it; they rarely take anything away from the texts. Chomsky is a favourite, as is Voltaire. They also write -- most will attempt poetry, or a novel, which will be set in a far-off fantasy world with characters named "Takeshi" and "Riku". Music-wise, hipsters love anything which isn't popular: mainly indie bands straight out of the sub-urban garage complete with nasal American singing and vain, repetitive lyrics. You can usually find them in [Starbucks] on a Tuesday morning complaining in their blog, attending local protests (they have to maintain the image of being rebellious), or crawling around in the woods taking photographs of dead leaves.

Hipster: Look at me\! I'm wearing tight black trousers with PINK striped socks and *blue* hair\! I'm so eccentric lolz. Hermit math wiz: No, I'm eccentric: I live with 200 cats, eat their food, and have a 163 IQ. Hipster: Am I a connoisseur or do I just have too much time on my hands? You decide\! ;) *Shoots*

33. (Hipster) (108↑, 69↓)
a "hipster": vneck wearing, pot smoking, photography lover, bike riding, skinny jean, weird-ass music listener. they are very easy to find step into stores such as, Forever 21, Urban Outfiters, American Apparel blah blah blah... Hipsters HATE being called "scene kids". When you go into their myspace profile all you see is random retarded photography. They usually have large friend counts too. When they take photos they usually cover their mouths and heavily photoshop the pictures. Hipsters have taken over sites such as myspace, facebook, twitter and the most famous one TUMBLR. They think there cool because they wear ugly shoes and ride fixed gear bikes. Hipsters are like roaches. They can survive anything....even a nuclear bomb. but the most important thing you have to know about a hipster is....THEY ARE F*CKING ANNOYING

Guy 1: dude that scene bitch on myspace "WhoIsKat" is fucking annoying. Guy 2: oh shes no scene shes a "hipster" Guy 1: dude can we just kill her already?\!\!?\!

34. (hipster) (63↑, 27↓)
A person who got tired for being white and nerdy so they decided to try real hard and be cool. Most of which are posers that up until 2 years ago had never heard of any of the bands that they are listen.

man 1: Hey didn't we go to high school with that girl? man 2: Yeah we did. man 1: Wasn't she one of those girls that thought keith Urban was the best singer ever. man 2: I think that you are right. Fucking hipster Posers

Author: Fuck if I Care http://hipster.urbanup.com/4421840
35. (Hipster) (47↑, 14↓)
people who crave attention/security and try to obtain it by being unnatural or "counter-culture." Often they dress in vintage clothing or random articles of clothing that would not be worn usually at that time. ie: a skull-cap during the summer or not suitable clothing for a certain occasion. Frequently hipsters meet people by being different and usually become friends with that person until they must appear "counter-culture" to the rest of the world in their attempt to meet more people and gain a false security in a group. Most do not have friends and are often seen alone in an unfamiliar environment or dazing off in the distance with company of another person(s).

See that weirdly dressed girl staring off in the distance? I bet she's a hipster.

36. (Hipster) (36↑, 10↓)
Anyone doing anything in the name of a social status.

Hey Johhny, look at that hipster over there\! It's fucking summer and he's got a scarf on\!

37. (Hipster) (78↑, 53↓)
Better than you. A hipster is better than you in every way.

Hipster 1 - What do you think about the article on the socioeconimicly oppressed in today's New Yorker? Hipster 2 - I'm better than you.

38. (Hipster) (31↑, 7↓)
One who uses the word "ironic" but actually has no idea what it means.

Hipster: Look at this shirt, it's so ironic\! Dictionary: *throws itself at hipster's face*

39. (hipster) (27↑, 5↓)
a fancy way to say "I'm a douchebag"

Jon: I'm a hipster Eric: So, what, you're a douchebag? Jon: Yes sir.

Author: Dadadadadouchebag http://hipster.urbanup.com/5948050
40. (hipster) (37↑, 14↓)
Yet another [clique] for people who can't develop an identity of their own.

Hipsters are no different from [goths], [emos], [bogans], [backpackers] and [surfies].

41. (hipster) (30↑, 9↓)
A person with cultivated eccentricities which are treated very seriously yet at the same time as an inside joke. These traits or markings are odd enough to look out of place, yet tame enough to be shrugged off as a matter of taste. They may include choice of facial hair, clothes, food and drink preference, fashion accessories, vehicles, and listening music. Hipsters are particularly fond of listening to sub-mediocre bands whose songs have sweet and melancholic lyrics, in order to affirm their out-of-the-mainstream eccentricity.

She likes wearing shirts with cute animals that brutally murder one another, and whenever someone mentions bacon she raves about it. What a hipster.

42. (Hipster) (28↑, 9↓)
Someone who doesn't fit any other social group. Listens to indie music. Dresses in a style kindly described as "oddly".

just look at this Pandora profile....THAT is a hipster or young soon-o-be-hipster, if I've ever seen one: "Hey\! I'll just talk about music here, throwing in little tidbits about me. I really like "Indie" (though such differing styles should never be crushed into one genre) bands and things nobody's(at school, anyhow) heard of, so I'm glad Pandora has them. I really like irony, and I would think it amazing if the lyrics of a song reflect effort of intelligence spent on them, rather than the cookie cutter mainstream things out there today.EVen though I'm just 14, I despise the direction music is headed, both lyrically and instrumentally. Where are we, in 1984? Music making machines might have worked in George Orwell's world, but that's why Big Brother would have killed me. On a related note, I was recently distraught to discover that Indie FM in soCal has been replaced by Spanish station. How could they get rid of such a groovy station? When not, I like reading, writing, debating, having intellectual conversation, knitting, creating theories, talking to cats with different opinions than my own, and riding my totally amazing bike (vintage schwinn with LOOOONG fenders\!\!\!). By the way, despite comments made by some drones I know, I am NOT a hipster. I refuse to submit to an group. WHy limit yourself? (I hang out with self identified nerd, dorks, activists, emos, punks, hipsters, geeks, band people, and drama geeks. However, I hate social branding, just can't convince my ragtag band of amigos.)" Notice how the girl edits her pandora profile.... she also describes herself as a "student/novelist/poet/blogger" Look at the station, it's called "Groovy Tunes for Tubular Cats"....seriously?

43. (Hipster) (18↑, 2↓)
A young self-absorbed cunt of the upper-middle class who thinks they're better than everyone else just because of how "unique" or "original" they seem to think they are. They steer away from anything that is considered 'mainstream', in an effort to make themselves and others believe that they are different from the vast majority of society. These cunts are not to be confused with Indie kids, because Hipsters actually TRY (very hard) to be like them. They detest the word Hipster and of course, that being said, hate to be labelled as one. Ironically, a typical hipster hates on other hipsters as they believe their "uniqueness" (or actually "Hipster-ness") has spread, thus fearing that they are now part of the mainstream class. They can be fun to be friends with, but a pain-in-the-neck to be enemies with. All-in-all, a Hipster is a pretentious & snobbish douche-bag.

Normal person: I love Vans, they look pretty cool. Hipster: Um... I knew about Vans like ages ago. Normal person: Your point? Hipster: Vans are so mainstream now. Everyone wears them. Normal person: Lol, pfft hipster.

Author: shitakimushrooms182 http://hipster.urbanup.com/6132762
44. (Hipster) (42↑, 26↓)
Women's underwear. Resembling to male's boxer briefs, except "hipsters" cling on to the body more. Hipsters also tend to show off the female's rear end.

Wow\! Did you see her wearing those hipsters\! Parts of her ass was showing\!

45. (Hipster) (31↑, 16↓)
A Hipster is a neo-beatnik bent on individuality and seeking a culture previously underground or unique. The word Hipster is synonymous with poser. See [poser]. A hipster will never claim being a hipster unless they are jokingly denouncing hipsterism and are in fact an individual.

"Hipster chicks are hot, I like the way they dress, they listen to good music" "Yes, but creative women with their own tastes who dress like hipsters, and listen to hipster music out of their own enjoyment are the ones you want to talk to".

46. (hipster) (16↑, 2↓)
Anyone who is NOT you.

Anonymous hipster friend: "Ugh, look at that fucking hipster\! A PBR tattoo AND a handlebar moustache? What a dickhead." You: "I know, right?" (mental note to self: shave moustache and get PBR tattoo removed A.S.A.P\!) * See [ironic]. Not to be confused with [Alanis Ironic]

Author: Captain American't http://hipster.urbanup.com/5945428
47. (hipster) (50↑, 36↓)
Someone who is so indie and urban that they are actually mean and ignorant or possibly dead (or seam like it).

Those hipsters at american apparel were so boring and dead.

48. (Hipster) (27↑, 14↓)
A hipster is male or female that wears tight jens, v-neck sweaters, cop shades, scarfs and old worn out flats.

WOW check those fucking Hipsters.

Author: TendallasukisukiHarper http://hipster.urbanup.com/5023668
49. (Hipster) (20↑, 8↓)
Formerly a person with an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence and witty banter, Hipsters are now those idiotic teenage girls who dance around in they're high waisted shorts, cropped tops, cross rings and dip dyed hair whilst making triangle symbols with there fingers. They claim to be individual and have original style, but are really all the same. They have killed [Tumblr] for most with their shitty blogs with [urls] like "glittercrystals" and "sparklyturquoisenailpolish". All of these "Hipsters" believe that they are indie and original, but because of them; there is pretty much no such thing as [indie] anymore. These girls have killed the stereotype.

Nina: "Lol babes i'm a unicorn. I'm so Hipster [bebz]. KE$HA IS MY LYFE\! I like wearing my cross ring and buying my clothes from [Supre]. I wanna dip dye my hair. Follow my tumblr- promo for promo baybee? YAY GLITTER." Lachie: "Just fuck off."

50. (Hipster) (18↑, 6↓)
I would tell you what hipster means, but it's pretty obscure.

Person 1: So, what's a hipster? Hipster: I would tell you, but you probably don't know them.

51. (hipster) (23↑, 11↓)
n. A perpetual child/self-professed intellectual. While the word "hipster" might have been tied to social awareness in the past, a modern hipster is defined as a consumer demographic by marketers. Bad beer, Apple products, gay pants, the music of undeserving bands, and pseudophilosophy e-books are all associated with hipsters. This change was carefully planned and executed out of desperation by dying hipsters in the 2000s Great Irony Famine. Most deluded species of slacker in the world. Living bastardization of caring humanitarian. Would bring about own death by thirst if really in a third-world nation (whining). Does not realize that people don't necessarily take typical jobs in skilled trade, social work, or applied sciences because they are sheep, but because they realize the importance of being, at the very least, self-sufficient. Shies away from hard studies because s/he is satisfied to complain about the rest of humanity. Putting hipster through serious schooling to make said hipster apply this education to human welfare is nearly impossible. Believe it is noble to refuse work at a boring job in favor of artistic pursuits. (Some photographers, writers, and journalists become successful, but they truly work in the more competitive field, because, after a certain point, art is useless to human advancement). Does not realize that lucrative/respected careers in the arts require talent and entail endless work and self-promotion, though s/he does the latter by nature.

1. "Look at all these conformists, buying all these pointless things that I happen to not like---HOLYFUCKISTHATANEWIPHONE\!?\! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDADDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" 2. Trey Parasuco, the author of the notoriously self-aggrandizing top definition. Known for being so insecure about the hipster image that he, in typical hipster fashion, authored an intelligent, completely non-delusional thesis about hipsters, which was immediately rated up by thousands of esteemed members of the scientific community.

52. (hipster) (19↑, 8↓)
fist magnet . a person of low character that stands for nothing.the most unimportant counter culture cliche to exist in one hundred years. gaunt overly obsessed with creating the illusion of social awareness while in actuality concerned with nothing. usually can be seen in the parts of town where pseudo artists congregate. watch for veganism and che tshirts. also a large concentration of poorly constructed one speed bikes being ridden by people with no cadence skills. under nourished and pale hard to differentiate the difference between the females and males of this subculture.

usually one knows they are in the presence of a hipster when they are around someone using really large words but unable to say anything at all. bad odors due to the fashion statement being made by not bathing are also present. horrific music being played and the allusion to the fact you are not smart enough to get it. also watch for tshirts being worn of defunct bands like joy division. worship of ian curtis and nico also a common factor. over use of the word amazing.

Author: flesh and blood http://hipster.urbanup.com/5778613
53. (Hipster) (16↑, 5↓)
The term “hipster” is loosely thrown around; therefore, it is very difficult to define the word itself. However, an unbiased definition of a hipster could be agreed upon: Any man or woman, typically in their late teens to early 30’s, who reject as much mainstream culture as they possibly can. They are generally seen in, but not restricted to, clothing such as flannel shirts, skin-tight jeans, bland colored shoes (mostly Toms or Converse), and thick-framed, old school style glasses. Also common styles are graphic tee shirts with ironic pictures or sayings on the front, or patterned thermals/sweaters. As far as music goes, hipsters will typically listen to anything that the general public has never heard of before. For the most part, when an indie band that a hipster listens to becomes popular, the band will be deemed “mainstream” and thrown out of the hipster’s music collection. Sports are qualified as “mainstream” by the hipsters, and are generally used as an ironic device in their culture (for example, signing up for a game of tee-ball at the recreation park, or taking a picture of themselves in cheesy 80’s workout clothing, playing a game of racquetball). If you live deep in a very urban environment, you will tend to see hipsters on the streets, in restaurants, and just about everywhere else you can wander (i.e. Williamsburg). But, if you live in a smaller city, you can go to a downtown coffee shop (not Starbucks) or a bar (not a sports bar) and likely see at least one.

Non-hipster: "Hey, what's up, man?" Hipster: "Nothin, just listening to my friend's band's new album. It's called 'Underwater Station Cinema Five Layer Burrito Club'. Have you heard of it? That's right. Didn't think so." Non-hipster: "Dude... I really don't care." Hipster: "... It's ironic because burritos are real mainstream."

54. (Hipster) (18↑, 8↓)
An individual who has shoved their head so far up their ass they've found a way to make themselves more of a fagot than emo kids. They can't dress like a half-way descent human being, can't talk without making themselves seem like a self righteous douche bag, can't play more than two chords on a guitar and most certainly cant do art. Doesn't matter who you are, if you think you can deem the title "hipster" you'll find yourself shitting where you eat.

Joe: What's that kids problem? Ben: He's a hipster. Joe: Just for that I'm going to kick his ass side ways. Ben: Have fun.\!

55. (hipster) (14↑, 5↓)
An insufferable, pseudo-intellectual twerp who defines his identity mainly through allusions to, and alleged knowledge of, obscure popular culture, often of the ephemeral variety. This urban poser advertises this identity via vintage clothing, thick-rimmed glasses, and ironically or iconically decalled t-shirts, oblivious to the concept that his conformity to a predefined template for appearance undermines and contradicts his attempt to be an independent thinker. He exibits a strong narcissism in the form of his constant hunt for attention and self affirmation via online social networks and communications technologies, through which he believes he is channeling relevant, interesting, and enlightening information, but which he usually employs to boost his hipster cred by making obscure references, parroting Internet memes, and generally proclaiming the superiority of his tastes. In quiet desperation, however, the hipster is racked with anxiety, as he is constantly driven by a desire to be "in on the joke" - the concept that other hipsters may be enjoying something of which he is cluelessly unaware, that he may not understand the disposable 90's movie reference which sent his peers into a titter, is anathema to this self-satisfied but inherently insecure social animal.

Mark cursed softly as the hipster in the aisle paused next to him to stow his Apple-logo messenger bag in the overhead bin. The Banana Splits t-shirt at eye-level and the thick, horn-rimmed glasses looking down at him told him that he was going to be in for a long flight filled with tedious conversations about the power of social media to help the unemployed take the country back from evil corporations.

Author: Herr Stehpinkler http://hipster.urbanup.com/5956661
56. (Hipster) (17↑, 8↓)
One who strives to do anything that isn't considered [Mainstream] solely to look different and hip. They usually drive a Scion or a hatchback. They still wear skinny jeans that they bought when they were [emo]. They usually work at Starbucks, any burrito place or American Apparel. They only watch documentaries or movies that are played on Sundance. They will listen to any music that isn't played on the radio. They tend to vote democrat for three reasons. One, they view Republicans as older people and democrats as the younger ones. Two, President Obama isn't white or old. Three, John Stewart is a liberal.

Generic College Student: Hey man what are majoring in? Hipster: Liberal Arts Generic College Student: You do realize that the magazine/newspaper industry is dying, right? Hipster: No I want to be a blogger. What are you a business major? Generic College Student: Yes. Hipster: Pssh, conformist. Let me guess you are a Republican? Generic College Student: You're an idiot. Let me know if you need a job later.

Author: Throwed in the Game http://hipster.urbanup.com/5481997
57. (Hipster) (18↑, 9↓)
Although it was once a name for a particular urban subculture, loosely defined by clothing choices, "hipster" has recently come to be roughly synonymous with "person between the ages of 12 and 40 who does not wear sweatpants outdoors."

"That guy once bought a t-shirt at American Apparel; he must be a hipster."

58. (Hipster) (12↑, 4↓)
A guy who listens to indie bands you've never heard of, always has his ipod, and uses the word cheek several times a day. He might also wear t-shirts with hipster slogans and play an instrument in a garage band.

Kevin: Dylan is such a hipster Me: Yea I know, dude.

Author: deeklecheeks147 http://hipster.urbanup.com/5369917
59. (Hipster) (19↑, 11↓)
Someone who rejects the mainstream culture. They listen to classic rock, some hip hop and local indie bands. They usually have long shaggy hair, generally has an unkept appearence. Wearing tight jeans, flannel or band shirts, and wayfarer sunglasses that aren't raybans, but just a plastic generic named one.

Look at that hipster....he think hes so cool with this flannel shirt and hand rolled cig.

Author: john whatshimaaa http://hipster.urbanup.com/4951284
60. (Hipster) (18↑, 11↓)
Generational "misfits". In the late 2000's emos decided that that being emo wasn't cool or hardcore enough for them, so they decided to turn hipster. Hipsters claim to be environmentally friendly even though their trendy clothes are made in east asian sweatshops by children. They love metalcore, and shitty indie rock bands. Standard attire includes oxfords or converse, huge scarves, horn-rimmed glasses, dirty emo hair, gauges, skinny jeans, "granny" sweaters, and ironic t-shirts that no one fucking understands. They might seem chill, but theyre really pretentious assholes trying to seem poor and original. Never call a hipster a hipster. You'll be socially shunned. Also it is unwise to remind a hipster of their emo hayday. They will deny it. Or deem you uncool and '"totally mainstream".

The emo kids at my highschool that refused to be labeled. Especially as a hipster. And the rest of America.

61. (Hipster) (19↑, 12↓)
People who complain about hipsters.

A true hipster would love hipsters, cause everyone else apparently hates them.

62. (Hipster) (39↑, 32↓)
A hipster is very similar to an [Indie Kid]. Hipsters generally are snobbish, holier-than-thou sorts of people. They tend insert non-sequiturs about pop-culture into everyday speech, as well as [obscure] music references, and comments on political goings-on. They're quite fun if you get to know them, but be from another label and you might be snubbed. They frequent coffee shops and the salvation army and know more than you ever will or would hope to about... well, pretty much anything obscure or remotely creative/underground-culture-based.

1: Did you see her shirt? I bet she got it at the [salvation army]. 2: Oh, yeah, thats that Hipster that works in that coffee shop. She's a bitch, but she's cool.

Author: regretsareawaste http://hipster.urbanup.com/2993412
63. (hipster) (7↑, 1↓)
A mainstream label referring to someone who rejects mainstream labels.

Person 1: You're a hipster. Person 2: No I'm not.

Author: guywiththeeyepatch http://hipster.urbanup.com/5921051
64. (hipster) (23↑, 17↓)
total asshole who dabbles in douchebaggery; laughs at people wearing neck braces.

Emily, you're such a fucking asshole hipster. Why are you laughing at that kid in the neck brace?

65. (Hipster) (20↑, 14↓)
A person, usually in their 20s, who likes indie music, alternative lifestyles, indie films, riding fixed gear bikes, and hanging out in bars and other places you probably never heard of. An actual hipster doesn't go around saying things like "I'm so hipster" or "I'm such a hipster" because hipster isn't a thing to be or a subculture, a hipster just is, despite people who say hipsters spend their time trying composing their whole persona. Most don't. Hipsters are not scene kids, as the generally don't listen to overly emotional music by scremo bands, they usually tend to listen to music by boring bands, mature bands, and experimental stuff. Even though the music can suck, it tops scene kid music any day. Hipster style is usually outlandish, but ranges to plain an no flashy. Thick rim glasses, usually darker(not goth or emo dark) or earth tone clothes. Normalized colors, but outlandish way of dressing. A hipster do not have wild hair, people get them confused with scene kids, hipsters usually wear hair that's less outlandish that scene kids, and they usually sport one solid color, unlike scene kids. And while they do, their hair still seems dirty, and less composed. They also like vintage things, music, clothing items, video games, photographing, books, and even homes, vintage is a plus for hipsters.

Williamsburg New-York is fucking hipsters paradise. They're gentrifying Bedstuy by the day.

Author: MoriartyTheMaster http://hipster.urbanup.com/5270949
66. (hipster) (7↑, 2↓)
Forget everything you know about hipsters its all wrong. Hipsters are the third gender of the human race, these individuals segregate themselves from the other two genders by sporting their own gender specific fashion, culture and music. The hipster gender has to this day baffled the scientific community for they play no part in reproduction nor contribute to society what so ever (because they usually have no job and live off their parents trust fund ... its fucking true). The usual human hipster would generally perceive members of other genders as inferior, rejecting all ideas and culture of the genders and referring to it as being "too mainstream" a term they use for something that doesn't appeal to their gender much like a man playing with barbie dolls or a woman who is somewhere other than the kitchen. Hipsters are usually found boasting about their great knowledge on pointless topics that most people wouldn't really give a shit about and their useless philosophy/art degree that they cant and wont use. Scientist theorize that the reason the hipster gender is not found in the wild is because the members of the gender had long ago died off. The hipster lifestyle is not compatible in the wild for there are no Cafes, Parliament Cigarettes, Crappy Indie Music and all carnivorous hipster animals would have perished from refusing to consume meat. Also like the whole population of the United States all hipsters have no clue as to the correct usage of the word "irony"

Hipster: I wear prescription glasses even tho i dont even need them cos im being ironic hurr derrrrp.

67. (hipster) (8↑, 3↓)
People, usually between the ages of 15 and 20 who hang out at Starbucks and/or Barnes and Noble and drink massive amounts of coffee and read books, or go on their laptops for hours on end. These people claim to have no money and so they purchase all of their clothing at Salvation Army or Goodwill, yet show off their Apple computer or brand new iPhone. They are also huge fans of cigarettes, and look down on people who drink alcohol, even though they secretly go out and drink and smoke weed every weekend with their fellow hipsters. They love the outdoors and drink "healthy" things like Arizona Green Tea by the gallon. Oh, and most of them usually wear very tight pants and have short, butchy haircuts, regardless of their gender.

Have you seen Leslie around lately? Yeah, I think she's turned into a [hipster], I saw her at [Starbucks] the other day... That's too bad...

68. (hipster) (8↑, 3↓)
Dorian Sanders. He wears scarves, big framed glasses, and walks around with 8 cameras around his neck, snapping pictures every emotional second he gets. He thinks triangles are the epitome of life, they're so deep, yet so shallow...\hipster

Dorian Sanders is a hipster.

69. (Hipster) (4↑, 0↓)
Definitions are too mainstream.

Hipster's can't be defined because then they'd fit in a category, and thus be too mainstream.

Author: Stormageddon Dark Lord Of All http://hipster.urbanup.com/6122279
70. (hipster) (4↑, 0↓)
a person who does not believe in today's pop culture because it is too "mainstream". However, a good hipster would not admit to being a hipster because hipsterism itself would be considered too mainstream..

person: youre such a hipster hipster: how dare you compare me to them U: *rages*

71. (Hipster) (7↑, 3↓)
A person who hasn't been accepted as an adult by anyone with half a brain. These people are the product of our fuck-up, filth-ridden modern day world. In most cases they come from a dysfunctional up-bringing or just simply have no clue on how to be themselves. They are usually quite out of touch with reality. You can spot these clowns a mile away. The guys, usually wearing what would appear to be a pair of girls jeans, you just want to plow your fist into their scrawny, perverted-facial-hair covered face. The girls(some being very attractive) usually hide their beauty under a hodge-podge, haggard mess of asinine, mix-matched clothing. Anyone reading this who doesn't fit these descriptions, I know you know EXACTLY what and who I'm talking about. Mostly teens and 20s, but sadly, many people are like this in their 30s. Anyone like this in their 40s, see definition: PATHETIC.

A Hipster is a person who is trying hard to be something or someone, or a person who is trying hard to not be anything or anyone at all, and has no idea how to just be as they are.

Author: AntiHumanlifelover http://hipster.urbanup.com/5783501
72. (Hipster) (4↑, 0↓)
It's like a mix of Yuppie, emo, hippy, indie and beatnik which all share that smug liberal elitist attitude. Hipsters just tend to have a slightly better fashion sense imo. A 90's nostalgia thing of mine I guess. The association with progressive politics can be seen in their inflated ego and low self-esteem as their suppressed social and tribal instincts are manifested in what they think is a nonchalant manner but is actually seen by outsiders for what it is.

That hipster stole my bi-cycle glove\!

73. (hipster) (6↑, 2↓)
A shallow subculture of teens and young adults that shows how the worst of human tendencies to seek some kind of dominance over one another even stoops down to the most mundane subjects like tastes in music and fashion.

You know you're a hipster when you describe in the most pretentious way possible why your taste in edgy/vintage clothing and obscure music makes you a better person than everyone else while projecting your insecurities onto people who successfully fit into the realms of society while you failed miserably at doing so.

Author: problemofficer http://hipster.urbanup.com/5707227
74. (hipster) (14↑, 10↓)
People who are disapointed that you don't know the band they like, wear suspenders, make ironic jokes, wear lots of hats (especially toques), read lots of books, enjoy wiriting, enjoy mixtapes, dislike most of the mainstream, or have names like Braxton would be considered hipster. Also hipsters are often those who protest being called a hipster. It would be too mainstream for them.

your friend: "Hey, that new kid's name is Braxton." you: "Whoa, why is he wearing suspenders?" your friend: "I don't know, but he just asked about some band called the Hundreds. What a hipster\!" Braxton: "I'm not a hipster\!\!\!"

75. (hipster) (3↑, 0↓)
someone commonly found on Tumblr usually sporting high waisted shorts, fringe tops, crop tops and very often he/she is gorgeous

The picture of that Hipster got 10,000 notes on Tumblr\!

76. (hipster) (3↑, 0↓)
Someone who thinks their cool because they aren't "mainstream" but in reality have become mainstream by trying not to be mainstream. A paradox in and of itself.

Wow, he's so hipster... but wait so is she and him and him and her and........ THEIR ALL HIPSTER\!

77. (Hipster) (3↑, 0↓)
the people you find on tumblr

Girl: I just joined tumblr, now I want floral shorts and a crop top. Girl 2: me too\! we're so hipster. Girl 1: shall we go take pictures and make a triangle sign with our hands? Girl 2: and then lay of the floor on top of coffee tables? Girl 1: yes, and upload them to tumblr and get tons of notes\!

Author: thathipsterindie http://hipster.urbanup.com/5989092
78. (Hipster) (4↑, 1↓)
One who fervently believes they are not a hipster.

EXAMPLE: Andy: I liked their music before they got all popular and stuff. Marge: Ha\! You're such a hipster. Andy: No\! I am not\! Why do people always say that?\! Marge: Dude. You've got black coffee from the grungy café downtown. You're wearing an indie band shirt. You've got glasses like department store windows\! You're a hipster. Andy: IT'S JUST BECAUSE I HAVE ACTUAL TASTE AND YOU ARE A CONFORMIST MORON.

79. (hipster) (5↑, 2↓)
A hipster is a person, usually between 18-30, who enjoys trends and being ironic usually because it's fun and looks cool. The type of trends hipsters like are not considered trendy by the general public. For example, a hipster usually dresses in tight jeans, a shirt from salvation army, plaid, and oversized glasses. (Sometimes even unprescribed.) A hipster believes the stereotypical image of men and women are degrading, so instead they shop at stores geared toward the poor. A favorite among hipsters is over sized shirts, usually with animals printed on them like wolves and tigers. A hipster generally doesn't follow the general social standards because a hipster feels more intellectually inclined and claims to be cultured. A hipster is generally enrolled in art school and takes photos of things that are trendy. (Mostly themselves and their friends who are also hipsters.) Hipsters claim to be the cultural phenomenon of our time and modern day philosophers. But don't be fooled, hipsters have not contributed to changing the world or benefiting it in any way other than acknowledging that Salvation Army has enough colorful clothing for everybody to wear.

Hipsters believe they are making a difference by taking pictures, creating paintings of miscellaneous objects, and playing music with a lot of loud noises. But when reflecting on all of this, no one has seen any progress in the world. A hipster is actually making the world a worse place by boycotting mainstream stores. It is killing the economy and making it hard for hipsters to pay their loans off from their liberal arts colleges. Therefore, hipsters have made a very sad and viscous cycle. Too bad it's not at all ironic. Jack: Why is that kid coming out of Salvation Army with bags of clothes? Betty: That boy is a [hipster]. He's against mainstream society\! Jack: Oh, I'm silly. Betty: Yeah, you are.

Author: badlikeyourchildhoodoverbite http://hipster.urbanup.com/5657938
80. (hipster) (5↑, 2↓)
A hipster is a self-appreciating young adult, often taking a liberal arts degree in university, who think they are unique and inidividual because they don't follow mainstream ideas and trends. In reality, hipsters are guided by the mainstream and rely on it to create material to complain about on tumblr.

Man 1: Look at that fucking hipster Lady 1: That ratty pair of underwear is so hipster.

81. (hipster) (10↑, 7↓)
Senioritic persons who are extremely cool and do not conform to society.

Soup: Aren't hipsters just old people who do things that are cool like explosions? Tall One: Yes, YES THEY ARE AND I WILL BE ONE. Hipster riding a pink motorcycle. Hot.

Author: SoupforSoupandMoreSoup http://hipster.urbanup.com/5528920
82. (hipster) (5↑, 2↓)
(n.) An individual/group marked mostly by their cynical, ironic and intellectually elitist ideals(or lack thereof), who claim to denounce corporate interests and the bourgeois lifestyle, yet contradict these sentiments by their own behavior.

hipster mentality vs. lifestyle 'The majority of people are mindless consumers shopping at the mall and dictated by their desire to buy the perfect house, clothing article, car... et al... ' At same time spends a majority of money earned being a dishwasher/bartender/cook at American Apparel/Urban Outfitters/Goodwill, cigarettes, beer, show tickets, and overinflated rent in the part of town that isn't exactly 'safe' but gentrified enough to not worry about being shot in the day.

83. (Hipster) (5↑, 2↓)
(Noun) A person, male or female, who wears vintage clothing, skinny jeans, ironic shirts, and Urban Outfitters, listens to Indie rock, either skateboards or watches people skateboard, and (usually) lives in an urban environment. The most popular location for hipsters is New York. They can be found in downtown Manhattan (anywhere below 17th street, mainly in Union Square or Tompkins Square Parks smoking pot) or in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

...Hipster.

84. (Hipster) (22↑, 19↓)
someone who is not a fipster (faux-hipster), and doesn't have to try to be who they are unlike fipsters. they tend to listen to indie music but actually know about the band, and be knowledgeable about art and/or books instead of pretending to be. they don't realize that they are hipsters at times unless it is pointed out to them.

random kid one: you are such a hipster random kid two: i am? random kid one: yeah you are random kid two: oh.

85. (Hipster) (26↑, 23↓)
People from the age of 15 to 30 who belive they are cooler than everyone else. Dismisses things that have become a bit mainstream like The Killers or The Shins not because they think there bad, but because other people like them. Now a days there are two types of hipsters. 1. Emoish kids who allways wear black and bright, neon coloured clothes that they have both and then cut up them selfs.Have funny haircuts in either really whitish blond,black or neon colours or all three. Often listens to heavy metal, so called emo music or japanese rock. They also used to listen to Tokio Hotel. 2. Buys most clothes at thift stores and dresse in skinny jeans, t-shirts or tight plad shirts. If you talk about a band to them they will either know about it or pretend to know about it. Arrogant over other people. Note: If you wear Bob Dylan t-shirt and skinny jeans and think tahat most of the post about hipster resebels you but you still like The Shins you are not a hipster, just a person.

Examle: 1.Non-hipster: The Killers are great. Hipster: No, everybody likes them, they are so unoriginal.

86. (Hipster) (2↑, 0↓)
A hipster is any male/female in their 20s who lives in culturally stimulating parts of cities. They are proficient in all things deemed "indie", and are most likely all photographers and in a band at some point in their lives. They subsist on unknown bands, in the attempt to break away from mainstream media and show how non-conformist they are. All hipsters have a love for local art, and will protest the destruction of buildings suffering from urban decay, as they are "art treasures". Also, they know more than you in all things, including (but not limited to): Politics, music, witty banter, being ironic, fashion, and what is cool. Usually, they can be seen wearing vintage clothing, ironic tees, tight pants, or some form of button up with suspenders and a tie, no matter what the temperature. May be sporting one of those "paperboy" hats from the 1930s, but if not, will have an odd haircut that is usually cut by a friend. Warning: Hipsters become offended at being called a hipster, and will deny it at all times. Don't let them fool you...If they have several of the above listed facts, you've got a hipster on your hands.

Guy 1: (Swishes poorly cut hair off forehead) "I just can't figure out if I should go to these local band shows, or throw paint on a canvas and call it art." Guy 2: "Hipster."

87. (Hipster) (2↑, 0↓)
Somebody like Reine Pavlik, Jake Crump, or Steven Mayer. Pretty much the exact opposite of Will.

Reine: I love Conor Oberst\! Any intelligent person: You're a hipster\!

88. (Hipster) (6↑, 4↓)
This is urban dictionary, so the blunt definition of a hipster is a loser. Yet another group of clones who pride themselves on non-conformism, much like emo and scene kids. These people are snobs who normally talk with an upward inflection. Although they do have a knack with obscure music and literature, the fact remains that the only reason they know about these things is out of conformity. They dress, talk and believe the same way. Agnostic spirituality or Atheism and liberalism are mandatory. Always very thin, I have not once seen a fat or athletic hipster. Very open minded, indeed. Spineless cowards, they will not raise a fist to save their girlfriend from a rapist; and if they did they would be mutilated for it. Worthless intellectual snobs with no real depth or substance. Nothing but a lot of hot air and big words.

I don't conform. I fight against the pangs of mainstream culture by joining another one. I and my friends are intellectually diverse, believing in basically the same things, rejecting clone-wear, by dressing the same and pretending to be classy snobs while the real classy snobs laugh at us from their BMW's and Porches, all 120 lbs of us. I'm a hipster.

Author: TruthREALLYHurts http://hipster.urbanup.com/5708097
89. (Hipster) (7↑, 5↓)
The new thing you DO NOT want to be. Hipsters tend to purposefully look for the things that no one else likes just to say that they like it. To them, if the music, art etc. are in style or cool to others, it is uncool. Hipsters usually are the people who think they are original when there parents probably did the same thing when they were kids. Indies and hipsters are VERY different.

First person: Look at elaine and her new "geek style" glasses. Second Person: Hey\! I saw a picture of my mom with those same glasses on from the 80's\! First Person: wow. what a hipster.

90. (Hipster) (9↑, 7↓)
An evolved [emo]. Usually happens when a closet emo or an actual emo discovers that there is in fact, other colors other than black and pink so they star mixing it up a lot to a point that their clothes wont match. Unlike the species from which they evolved, they don't try to act suicidal, on the contrary, they act like life is nice to them even though everybody hates them even other hipsters. They tend to "like" things like music and clothes that non-hipsters don't like because that makes them feel special an superior even though it makes the look stupid and asshole-y. This is in part because when they were emo they used to think they were [shit] and now they think they are [The Shit], this kind of thinking, of course, is wrong. [Irony], no matter how much they try, wont work for them because they simply don't know how to use it. They are usually NOT poor people but tend to act like it. Male hipsters usually become really thin and Female hipsters start dressing non-sexy. They also wear overpriced used clothes.

Andy:Look at the way that guy is dressed, it so much color i think I'm gonna have seizure\! Jorge:Uh-hu Andy:What the fuck is he listening to?\! Jorge:Sound like shit Andy: his girlfriend looks kinda cute but her clothes\! Ugh Jorge: Dude you are looking at a fucking hipster\!

91. (Hipster) (19↑, 17↓)
A 18-25 year old who likes to say they're "alternative" but in actuality they're just contributing to consumer culture. Usually doesn't work, but lives off parents' money. It's rare to find a poor hipster. Wears Nikes.

Hipster: Hey wanna go shopping at the Nike store? Non-hipster: No thanks, they use foreign slave labor. Hipster: Whuttt?

92. (Hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
A typical 20-30 year old douche bag that believes they're better than everyone else because of their misguided and unrealistic ideals. They believe in nonconformity, listen to terrible indie music, wear clothes from the Salvation Army, are usually vegetarian and do tons of recreational drugs. Their extremely liberal stance in politics makes them incapable of accepting reality for what it is, and they’ll actually defend drug abuse, claiming it’s healthy. Hipsters specialize in mooching off society, believing in utilitarianism and socialism, and that everyone should be equal and that they have a right to have everything handed to them. It is because of this that most of them are jobless, having no incentive to work for or earn anything that isn't free (See: [Occupy Wall Street]). You can recognize a hipster for their odd piercings, odd colored hair, tight jeans, donated clothing and pothead-like voice. They can usually be found at raves or indie rock concerts, and occasionally at house parties rolling up their own cigarettes and / or holding a Pabst Blue Ribbon. You may also recognize their incredible ability to reject reality and their intense effort to do absolutely nothing. This means staying up til odd hours of the morning, and sleeping all day, only to wake up, smoke a cigarette, then smoke 2 other drugs just in time for another cigarette. They usually proceed to ask to borrow some money, being they just spent it all on smoking, instead of necessities like food.

Normal Human: Hey Storm, what'd you end up doing last night? I went out to a house party and had a fuckin blast haha. Hipster (Storm): uhhhh, oh yeah haha. I went out to a foam party and dropped 90 bucks on shrooms man. It was unreal man heheh. I was trippin balls and danced my ass off for hours then hooked up with this chick with blue hair and a shaved head. Normal Human: Oh. Sounds... Sounds fun man.. ------------------------------------------------------------ Normal Human: Say, that cough sounds pretty nasty. You aren't sick are you? Hipster: Nahhhh man, i don't know, it just came outta no where man. I've had it for a while now. Normal Human: It couldn't be from stupid amount of smokin-- Hipster: Hah what? Normal Human: Oh..

93. (Hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
Hipsters are kids, usually in high school, who think they're all that and a slice of cake. Usually they peak in high school and spend the rest of their lives playing the guitar they thought would make them millions one day. Hipsters like to aviod answering questions by using the phrase "just chill." like they think that solves anything. These kids also like to find the worst music in the world, post all these links on facebook of these "great" songs and tell everyone else in the world that their opinion in music sucks. Usually hipsters hate dubstep, and practically worship indi music. A hipster is supposed to stand out in a croud, be different, wear different things. But all hipsters are the same: denim on denim wearing, anti mainstream, guitar playing, indi listening idiots.

You: "Should we get chinese for lunch or mexican? i really could go for chinease but Lisa thinks more people would like mexican. What do you think?" Hipster: "we should just chill."

Author: HateOrModivate http://hipster.urbanup.com/6374611
94. (Hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
those who call themselves hipsters and ruin everything

Hipster-"I love lamp" Others-" I hate lamp now"

95. (Hipster) (2↑, 1↓)
In short, conceded a**hole who thinks they are better than everybody else because the don't roll with the "main-stream" crowd.

Coppercab(angry ginger kid) person 1: Dude, did u hear the new Ke$ha song? person 2: No way\! She sucks, and besides everybody listens to her. person 1: Stop being such a hipster\!

Author: The MainStream http://hipster.urbanup.com/6236367
96. (Hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
A person who is usually a teenager to somebody in their 20s, and often going to college at places such as UC Davis and San Francisco State. They usually like "indie music" and alternative music, often like to ride fixies, and when something they enjoyed goes "in" then they get frustrated because they hate being apart of the mainstream. They think they're above everybody else because they're different when it's really just ironic because they're belonging to a group by being a hipster in the first place, which defeats the purpose they have to not be mainstream. They often shop at thrift stores, like bands like arcade fire, but they won an award so I guess they're not "cool" anymore because they're mainstream. They spend a ton of money to look like hobos basically from going to thrift stores. They wear oldass clothes to look "trendy". They are often found all over San Francisco. Their music often defines them. Basically, they are going out of their way just to look different because different=cool

"Angelica Mercedes is such a hipster. She purposely tries to be different to be cool, but its sad because they are so many Goddamn hipsters in this school that being a hipster is mainstream"

97. (Hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
Typical [non-conformist]. They forget the ability to just enjoy music simply because it's good and opt instead to argue about it. They feel they are entitled and waste thousands of dollars just to look like a [homeless] person. They don wingfarers, mustaches, kids' t-shirts, etc etc because it's "ironic" despite their complete lack of understanding of humor or irony. They rebel without understanding their cause. They only appreciate foreign films without realizing that they are "[mainstream]" in a different culture. They claim and are proud of being into things before everyone else liked them. When a musicians dies, they are the first ones to claim that they loved their music way before they died. They feel that the amount of [vintage] clothes that they own earn them some sort of credit as a human being. Really, they claim anything they wear that looks remotely old-fashioned is vintage. Like that counts for a lot. They are too busy rejecting social norms and having sore asses to appreciate anything that isn't "underground", still being hypocritical and shopping at mainstream stores. They believe they are smarter than everyone else without reasoning. They hate America and are unappreciative of their liberties. They've got 99 first world problems and starving to death isn't one. In conclusion, hipsters are humorless, pretentious twats.

Normal person: Man, I love this new (insert formerly indie band here) track. Hipster: Ew, you like them? I heard that they're on the radio now... Sell-outs. Normal person: So you're sore that one of your precious indie bands has become successful, actually earning money and audience by pursuing their dream? Hipster: ... Normal person: Yeah, good reasoning.

98. (Hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
People between the ages of 18 and 30 who claim to reject mainstream culture. They like to say that they possess creativity, intelligence, and witty banter...but in all reality, they are all cynical assholes who refuse to shower and like to feed on the souls of the innocent. When they aren't being total tools or having butt sex with each other, they like to pretend that they are God's gift to creation. Their humor resembles that of a dead horse, and they listen to music that makes even a deaf man want to kill himself. They wear jeans that an infant would have a hard time fitting into, and sweaters that someone's deceased grandmother gave to the salvation army. Every hipster comes fully loaded with an $800 camera that (obviously) makes them a professional photographer. Instead of playing outside during their youth, they liked to stay inside and listen to their parents old records. When they aren't riding around on their bicycles, they are usually browsing an antique store spending the money their upper middle class parents gave them, because getting a job is too mainstream. Although they claim to be nonconformist, you will only find them decked out in the latest edition of everything Apple. They tend to be rude, selfish, and have a smug sense of superiority. What once was hip and indie in the 80's has been completely ruined by the new age hipsters that lank the streets of society today. Saying you're a hipster today is like saying you're an ignorant douche bag bastard.

Oh my, that woman's thong is sticking out of her extremely tight pants\! Never mind, it's just Johnny the hipster again.

99. (Hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
You've probably never heard of them.

Examples are too mainstream for a [hipster].

100. (hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
A Male/Female who generally is in high school or college. Most of the time females become lesbians because being straight is way to mainstream. The men either dress like they are gay or have gay friends. Hipsters tend to Dress out of the norm meaning Pants that go all the way up to their belly button /shorts and or a Loose Tshirt or Random Grandma Sweater that generally has a random animal on it. Hipsters like wearing combat boots or creepers. In modern days hipsters are NOT called sluts although most of the time they dress just as bad or even worse than the normal ho-bags of our everyday life. OR they show absolutely NO skin and wear long skirts and high collared shirts. They also enjoy movies that no one has heard of and English/British shows they find on NetFlix. Hipsters like tea.

"Oh my FECK\! That guy Austin is such a Hipster." "Bloody Hell, you saw that Lesbian over there, yeah?"(shrug) "hahaha"

Author: I'm not a Hipster. http://hipster.urbanup.com/6118540
101. (hipster) (2↑, 1↓)
Leah, super hip, everyday a cardigan, even her watch in military time. Shes even an art teacher\! WOW, what a hipster\!

Benfields, everywhere. Oh how she loves to be so hipster

102. (Hipster) (2↑, 1↓)
Its a pretty obscure subculture *looks down nose* you've probably not heard of them *smug look* a group of arrogant poseurs who believe themselves to be better than you or me, because the are non-conformist. defined in this case by conforming slavishly to a different group. they aggresively dislike the term 'Hipster' as they know that it marks them as stupid and moronic, so they call everyone else hipster, kind of like how the most aggresive homophobes call everyone else gay

"oh man, i love 'this band' they make awful music, but no ones heard of them yet. I am such a non-conformist" 3 weeks later "oh man, i hate 'this band' they make good music and everyone has heard of them. anyone who likes them is a Hipster"

Author: genericguy-q93r http://hipster.urbanup.com/6107634
103. (Hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
Hipsters tend to wear thick-rimmed glasses, like non Top Chart music and beards.

Maddi Duncan is a total hipster, have you seen her glasses and boyfriend?

104. (Hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
Hipster: A present day hipster is generally a melodramatic teen that considers himself to be unique. A hipster will occasionally denies him or herself to be a hipster simply to ensure other people consider them to be hipsters. They usually attempt to listen to bands that were once "[indie]" but now are mainstream. Many hipsters will wear stupid glasses they don't need and occasionally act very emotional on the basis of nothing. A hipsters world is based on proving to others that they're a hipster.

Wow Jared is such a hipster because he wears clothes that clash themselves and listens to the underground band [vampire weekend]. He is so deep.

105. (Hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
Since it seemed you didn't know the proper definition and terms of the word "Hipster" and looked it up and not have the balls to show that you are not as smart as you seem, I shall increase your knowledge to maximum fold by the tenth power by thoroughly explaining in great detail on what a Hipster is, how you can succeed at being a Hipster, and if you have the Asshole-like qualities to be one. :) \\hip-stur\\n. One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool") The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. Typically a Hipster can be identified by vintage or thrift-store bought clothing, a taste for obscure or underground music, a penchant for irony and an elitist attitude. Use a great deal of sarcasm, claim to be ironic. Listen to Indie Rock, or anything else non-mainstream. Tend to troll, but only when necessary. Enjoys eating various kids cereal(such as Kix, Lucky Charms, Fruity Pebels). Drinks coffee,tea, and the occasional energy drink; enjoys all three beverages vigorously. Uses enormous words to seem smarter and more hipster-like. Often times mistaken for being Indie or Scene.

•A hipster will read this, realize it's true, and love it because it's ironic. •Q: how many hipsters does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: What, you don't know? •Look At This Hipster give various good examples of Hipster kids.

Author: KodakThisVivian http://hipster.urbanup.com/5968349
106. (Hipster) (2↑, 1↓)
A person who thinks they are cool because they follow a certain style, trend, ect. A person who is a follower but is known to be cool because he or she follows other people and their trends or style. or trying to keep up with current styles and has no personal steez(cant say swagg because thats a hipster word).

EX: 1 Person A: You see these new janoski's man fresh out the box nike sb is so cool\!\!\! Person B: What does nike sb stand for? Person A: Um.......... Person B: It stands for nike skateboarding you fucking hipster\!\!\! EX: 2 Person A: Man don't you just love my new v-neck? i got it just to look better when i dougie gotta stay fresh yo Person B: I thought you didn't like that type of stuff? Person A: Well i gotta be cool man its the only way bro Person B: ....... fucking hipster

Author: I skate the 916 http://hipster.urbanup.com/5947029
107. (hipster) (2↑, 1↓)
A social group typically in their mid 20's to early 30's, Hipsters are an offshoot of [Gen Y] thought to derive from a class of disgruntled upper-middle-class suburbanites, frustrated with the lack of culture that comes with having a life devoid of poverty. Disenfranchised in their youth by the [Abercrombie] generation, Hipsters-with the support of generous trust funds-propagated into various cultural centers around the country, and proceeded to replace the endemic and unique qualities of such areas with urban outfitters, american apparels, buffalo exchanges, and a host of Pho noodle joints and falafel stands. Thus, while Hipsters pride themselves on being mainstream contrarians, they in fact unwittingly create a "sub-culture" as large and annoying as the one they rail against.

Hipster 1: Hey check out how this new filter on my Hispstamatic App makes my photos reflect my artistic and brooding qualities\!\! Hipster 2: oh wow man\! You should totally take a picture of this PBR can an put it on Fbook\!\! Hipster 3: Have you heard the new Bon Iver?

108. (hipster) (1↑, 0↓)
Counter culture conformist. I understand, seems contradictory but listen up. Hipster counter conventional culture solely for the purpose of countering conventional culture not because that's the culture they enjoy. They just conform to being different which makes no sense at all. Hipsters are very anti-establishment meaning that they do not do normal things. For example many hipsters do not live in the general housing; many live in shacks or in very close quarters with other people, generally other hipsters. In addition hipsters are not generally interested in academic pursuits because it is considered "conforming" to get an education by attending school and college. For some strange reasons despite their irregular and nonsensical living style, hipsters take pride in their ability to not be normal.

Normal Person: Hey wanna go out to eat? Hipster: Depends, where? Normal Person: I'm not sure. How about chipotle? Hipster: NO\! I can't eat there like everyone goes there. I cant just conform and eat there like everybody else. Normal Person:Wow what a hipster.

109. (hipster) (7↑, 6↓)
A pointless generalization to describe people who are more fashion-conscious and more knowledgeable about decent, independent music than you.

Examples are too mainstream. Afterall, im a hipster. Yet the irony is that I posted an example. How ironic.

110. (hipster) (3↑, 2↓)
Someone who believes that they are being unique and non-conformist, while in actuality they are all the same. Hipsters, while stressing individuality, all like the same general things: combat boots, cross jewelry, mermaids and american flag apparel for girls; skinny jeans and beanies for guys. Hipsters try so hard to be different that they are actually all alike. Hipsters most likely have a tumblr.

I'm such a hipster, I listen to indie music that nobody else has heard of, and buy all my clothes from vintage stores that nobody else goes to.

Author: justanotherconformist http://hipster.urbanup.com/5599706
111. (Hipster) (3↑, 2↓)
See examples. 1 ) the hipster does the beneficial thing but is too lazy to fight for other people to do the same ) 2 ) the hipster does the beneficial action but gets off at the fact that he is the unique person in a world of people who do the negative action) 3) possibly a person who finds the definition of words on urbandictionary.com to be pure ART due to their crude/funny/common-man nature. ) 4 )possibly a person who types up ambiguous definitions of the term hipster ) 5 ) possibly a person who enjoys blogging in lower case letters only due to their uniqueness and the love of the art of being unique 6 ) possibly a person who uses a modern day ( 2011 ) outlet such as urbandictionary.com to admit that they are a hipster ( despite the fact that admitting you are a hipster is the biggest stigma of hipster culture ). 7 ) A person who would type such a definition a feel as though they have betrayed the "Underground Sophisticated Artists God of the Universe" ( the god being a metaphor for the character itself ) 8 ) One who types urbandictionary.com defintions of the term "hipster" while high on marijuana and while drunk off of two beers 9 ) People who know a lot and because of this act differently and SOMETIMES negatively to people who don't know the generally fun fact information they know. 10 ) They are not all mean. Some really are smart people who are willing to be nice to people because they realize that people will understand their character in a more

positive light with more respect if they act nice. 11 ) People who type urbandictionary.com definitions of the term hipster in a positive way to show people that not all young art students who brag a lot about having cool artsy scene experiences and also have artistic glory as well as knowing a library of fun facts are mean or pretentious people. People who write because their is a lacking in the modern world of the real unknown humble and starving artists not getting love because too many damn negative hipsters are competing in the world against positive hipsters. Some hipsters believe there are positive and negative hipsters. Positive hipsters don't slander the name of hipsters causing society to view them as a lazy group of people. Wait\!??\! Maybe people who agree with this AREN'T HIPSTERS at all?\! What if we "Positive Nice Hipsters" are something entirely different? What if some of us are truly ARTIST OF BEING HUMBLE and HUMBLE ARTISTS. We will never know because society deams those who except that they belong to those terms are automatically deamed hipsters due to an automatic assumption that the individual probably ISN'T that great of an artist or genius. Someone who understands the beauty of this definition being an example in a way of the true lows a person can go to in terms of being a "nerdy internet blogger or bitcher" while also being an auto journal.

Author: Gamganji Gamgamanji Ghandi'Ri http://hipster.urbanup.com/5553579
112. (hipster) (8↑, 7↓)
anyone who is more of a hipster than you are.

I don't want to go to the Cha Cha Lounge, it's full of hipsters.

113. (Hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
hipsters take the fun out of everything and do things that they think people dont do, but they really do. they alienate themselves with other hipsters doing shitty things and getting nastalgic about things thats their parents werent even alive to experience. they dress ugly in tank tops and fedora hats and dont do anything illegal. they try to trick themselves into not caring about what people think about their style, lives and actions but the only reason they do the things they do is to gain attention. usually upper middle classed kids who shop online from organic websites based in foreign countries. they believe in world peace, harmony and love, yet due to the demand on the flip flops they buy from cuba more and more children get sucked into sweatshops to keep up the demand.

Hipster: Check out my new organic fedora i bought online from Africa. Guy: whats it made from? Hipster: African children's hair and sweat. ^^They love anything organic

114. (Hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
now is mainstream.

"she's a hipster? gawd, that's so mainstream."

Author: supercoolness12343 http://hipster.urbanup.com/6343140
115. (Hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
They're suposedly the hippies of the XXI century with the difference that they don't have any strong ideology nor they have caused any relevant social movement. In theory, hipsters despise anything mainstream despite the fact that they're huge fans of Apple products and wear Vans shoes and clothes from Urban Outfitters and American Apparel. Hipsters are the kind of people that say poser seudo-intellectual phrases like "I liked Arcade Fire before they were famous".

Person 1: I'm a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino. Hipster: I used to like him until he became mainstream.

116. (hipster) (1↑, 1↓)
An adjective. Describes a person who rejects mainstream altogether. Usually extraordinarily smart genius's. Constantly checks stocks and always talks about the advanced placement courses he/she is taking. Likes math and science. Usually go by the name of Phoenix if a guy. Deeply interested in politics, they spend their days arguing their beliefs to anyone who's interested. Also like to spend hours on end playing video games in a dark room, including the new hit game "Skyrim", a magical game with dragons. Hipsters tend to be skaters as well, dressing and acting like dumb kids but really being very smart and nerdy on the inside. Don't be fooled when you see one, they aren't dumb at all.

Person 1: "Dude, Phoenix is so smart. He's in calculus, did you know? I would've never guessed, he acts so stupid." Person 2: "He's a hipster; of course he looks stupid on the outside."

117. (hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
most of them are fag-bags. hipsters are a modern category of people ranging from teens to young adults. they have a very "hip" sense of style (obviously) which includes scarves, fedoras, tight pants, plaid shirts, and oxfords, generally. some can have an image of goth, or emo, but on a less harsh scale.

hipster

118. (Hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
A messy, massive "subculture". I'm sure it originally was about...something, now it acts to add a little bit of salt to the cracker population moving into cities. Its in. A "hipster" is basically a master of the internet with more style than your garden variety nerd/geek/dweeb etc. Drinks coffee, smokes cigs, read books, listens to trendy music. In my experience, these things were always associated with cool. But exclusivity is what makes things trendy. This is a pitfall for hipster. Since there is little guidance, no authority, to weed out the wieners from the winners, veteran hipsters cannot distinguish themselves from posers. So you have that whole thing all over again. Remember when you were 13 and Justin Stone called you a poser for wearing a Gap t-shirt with a flat rimmed hat? G-rap with the shit then and you tried so hard, but you're not hood. You're not a surfer either, Abercrombie. And you're not "urban" by trying to allude to it with clothes, inefficient rainbow bikes, and American classics. Now that its reached suburbia I think its on its last leg. The small blogs that were the vein of this behavior have blown up, retailers have figured out how it works, and the uninitiated can identify who's trying and who's not. Save yourself some money, some time and effort, and continue to wear socks and sandals if you already do so. Cause you're really not missing much. P.S. learn from mistakes.

"I'll be respected in this scary place if I create an artsy persona for myself. Right?" Hipster

Author: tarzan_king-of-the-burbs http://hipster.urbanup.com/6215958
119. (Hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
People that look like they live on the streets.

"See that homeless person over there? Oh wait, she's just a hipster."

Author: Sweettoothandstrawberryyouth http://hipster.urbanup.com/6193867
120. (Hipster) (1↑, 1↓)
[Someone] who often shops at [thrift stores], plays [random] instruments such as the [ukulele], and are often quite fashionable.

Woah, [Emily Green] is SUCH a hipster\!

Author: thebatteringramspam http://hipster.urbanup.com/6121236
121. (Hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
a hipster is an existential being. in order to define hipster, one must be existential themselves. to be hipster is to be existential but to be existential is not to be hipster.

Kiley: there is neither no future nor past Liam: therefore we cannot copy those before us and there is no one to imitate us Franc: there to fore, we are original, we are hipster.

122. (Hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
One can either be a hipster or exhibit hipster tendencies. Necessary Ingredients: Skinny jeans, if you don't have any you can substitute leggings as a replacement. Off kilter music taste i.e. yeah yeah yeahs, m.i.a., people the average person hasn't heard of, and anything indie or considered weird. Usually art enthusiasts. Often pierced or tattooed. Shopping at 2nd hand stores and going thrifting is a way of life, Urban Outfitters is also a home away from home. Most parties include PBR. It's not unusual to see one with a bike. In addition, it helps if you top all of that off with a pair of glasses, you can use a variety but one's that resemble something that Kanye West owns or worn by a librarian in the 80s/80s inspired would work. Economically, some can be secret trust fun hoarders, some can be broke city dwellers, and some can fall right in the middle, it varies. Rejection of the mainstream is highly encouraged but whether or not all hipsters do that is arguable. Some are also fond of wearing a scarf or rag in with the previously stated look and MANY exist on tumblr.

2 Friends on the street. Friend \#1: I wonder how that kid can ride a bike with their pants being so tight? Friend \#2: Their probably a hipster.

Author: LittleBitOfThisLittleBitOfThat http://hipster.urbanup.com/6089569
123. (Hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
Capitalism's ultimate victory over socialism. A hipster defines themeslves as part of a supposed counterculture through what he or she buys, not what they do do. In other words, consumption instead of action. Thus actually going out there and doing things has been replaced by wearing skinny jeans and a Che Guevara shirt and appearing like you actually care about major issues.

An activist will join or start a demonstration bringing public attention to the plight of immigrant farm workers. A hipster will buy a pair of Toms shoes because the company will send some poor kid another pair of shoes, thus making them feel like they did something without not actually having done anything meaningful.

Author: TheFrankfurtSchooled http://hipster.urbanup.com/6070491
124. (hipster) (2↑, 2↓)
a hipster is someone who is considered SUPER COOL by all sets of eyes. and they must have a PET DRAGON. being the owner (and friend) of two dogs would be a plus. and it is a myth that they are also friends with super cool friends\!

Dang, i wanna be like that hipster\!

Author: tellahofdatruth http://hipster.urbanup.com/5981013
125. (hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
Hipster in the contemporary sense is a subculture of men and women generally in their 20's and 30's. Aspects of this sub culture include rampant consumerism of "ironic" or "kitschy" pop culture items and art, examples of this include large colored sun glasses, indie music, street art. The nihilistic and self indulgent characteristics of this group have grown and developed from the failure of past youth cultures i.e beats, hippies, and punks to make any sort of true cultural or political change. Thus the hipster culture is an acceptance of all the things which previous countercultures believed they were fighting against such as commercialism and consumerism.

Those hipsters over there dress ridiculous and don't care about anything.

126. (hipster) (1↑, 1↓)
Annoying people that don't like how society turned out, so they convert back to when there were things like VHS's or brick phones. The origin of the word coming from the myth that circles around the idea of everyone having hips. Someone decided one day that he wants to be different, or go back to before the 'now' and got his hips taken out. Except, now that his hips were the center focus, everyone just called him "Hipster". So the nickname became a generalization for people that are like him.

Normal person: "Yo dawg, y'all gonna play sum xbox wit yo home boyee?" Hipster: "I'd rather not my good man, for I have a very long movie night, centering around all of the Star Trek episodes that were filmed onto VHS tapes." OR Normal Person: "Hey, you want to to a movie and see the new Harry Potter movie in 3D?" Infected one: "What is 3D?"

Author: The Dictionary of Words 2.0 http://hipster.urbanup.com/5942159
127. (hipster) (1↑, 1↓)
A person who deliberately uses unpopular, obsolete, or obscure styles and preferences in an attempt to be "cooler" than the mainstream

Normal person: "This thing is popular and conventional, liking it means I'm in synch with everyone else, which makes me feel well surrounded and part of the good crowd" Hipster: "This thing is special and unconventional and different from what everyone else likes, embracing it makes me feel rare and unique and part of the good crowd"

128. (Hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
A non-productive member of society. Typically the offspring of two highly successful parents who live in places like Greenwich, Connecticut or the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the hipster is someone who has failed to achieve the level of success of his or her busy parents and tries to compensate for the insecurities that come with abject failure by conforming to a culture that claims to hate conformity. They shop at thrift stores and try desperately to shed their blue-blooded upbringing by wearing old, ratty flannel shirts and by bleaching and/or rubbing dead fish in their hair.

Person 1: Dude, have you ever been to an urban farmers' market? Person 2: No, seeing all those hipsters makes me depressed about the future of our society.

129. (hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
Something you beat with a stick.

Person 1: lulz look at that thing. Is it a guy or something else? I can never tell. Person 2: It's a hipster. Person 3: *Beats it with a stick*

Author: Theodore McStick http://hipster.urbanup.com/5870063
130. (hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
a male or female that feels all attention should be directed at him/her. He wears ridiculous clothing that screams "Look at me\!" The males often hit on girls that have boyfriends relentlessly until they get their way. In other words, hipsters are girlfriend stealers. They also listen to alternative music. Only. They are perhaps the most closed-minded beings on the face of the earth. When standing in a group they are usually the most obnoxious and loud ones there. Often, a hipster plays a musical instrument. But they only play the songs that are alternative (naturally). If a song is released by their favorite band and becomes popular, they refuse to listen to it because everyone else is. The common word for a song like this is [mainstream]. An antonym for mainstream is [underground].

That guy is such a hipster, he gelled his hair to look like a member of his favorite alternative band.

131. (Hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
cruise control for comebacks. When a person has no other argument, they do the fail-safe thing that can't really be argued, they call you a hipster. Well, now you have a comeback. Just say it's cruise control for comebacks and to quit being such a raging butthurt faggot about it. Works like a charm.

What'sa matter hipster, too mainstream for you?

132. (hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
A diminutive word insecure people use to refer to others they think are cooler than themselves. Alternatively, to refer to a person who is part of a countercultural scene.

That hipster didn't invite me personally to the Collective's block party last week, I wish his pants weren't so tight.

Author: clamdiggerclamdigger http://hipster.urbanup.com/5846831
133. (hipster) (0↑, 0↓)
one who buys his underwear at american apparel

brent is a hipster

Author: better than moses http://hipster.urbanup.com/5841132
134. (hipster) (2↑, 2↓)
arrogant people who try to find things that are different in order to stand out when the really just blend in to other "hipsters" they try to undermine things that a majority of people like whether or not that particular thing is wonderful or not

Population: wow we all really like such and such a singer because they actually produce wonderful music\! Hipster: I won't even listen to that because the rest of the population likes it... let me find someone no one listens to that might sound exactly the same as the singer the rest of the population likes.

Author: Victoria Raine http://hipster.urbanup.com/5779695
135. (hipster) (2↑, 2↓)
Hipsters are what happened to the emo people when they realized they weren't being "individuals" but instead just joining the latest faggy trend. These refugees from society sought asylum by keeping their tight pants, but instead of wearing copious amounts of black, red, or white make up decided to give up basic hygiene to further distance themselves from the "pack." These smelly, privaledged white children clad in grubby hats, ill fitting clothes, and womens shoes grabbed their messanger bags and hopped onto the most inconvenient form of a bicycle (fixed gear) to cause terror on the nations roadways and slowly, but surely, pollute every corner of America with their hipster scum. But all is not lost, inevitably the hipsters will realize they have been labeled "hipsters" and go into a period of dormancy until the next fad surfaces.

(idling at stop sign) Hey look at that fag* riding a fixed gear, pull out in front of him and he wont be able to stop. *hipster

136. (Hipster) (2↑, 2↓)
The modern hipster is a creature that generally lacks a sense of belonging in mainstream society due to its aggressive hatred of all things it sees as belonging or relating to the idea of "father". The hipster can be identified by a few trademark signs. It wears an atrocious array of clothing that is meant to immediately draw attention to the wearer. This is to help other creatures of the same species identify each other and also to fill the hipster's deep-seated need for the attention they feel was denied them by parents who "just don't get them". Perhaps the most iconic piece of the hipster outfit is the so-called "skinny" jeans, though it is rare to see a hipster who fits the aforementioned description. A further visual trait of the hipster is its hairstyle. The hipster considers its hair to be "edgy" and avant-garde when in reality, it is an attention-seeking ploy and a desperate appeal to humans to give it the attention its father never would. It is not uncommon for the hipster to hold a degree from an educational institution, but the majority of hipsters are merely students with no sort of financial burdens. The degree, however, is usually is Sociology or another discipline of equal worthlessness and is only obtained as a way for the hipster to feel validation for its slew of unfounded political opinions. The average hipster also has a hefty knowledge of the obscure, unpopular music that it listens to to make itself feel unique and important.

Where can I find a hipster if I wanted to study one? You can usually find them in their natural habitats: either pretending to find symbolism and deep meaning in manga books at Barnes and Noble, or pretending to enjoy coffee at a Starbucks.

137. (HIPSTER) (11↑, 11↓)
H- heroic I- Indie P- Person S- Shuns E- Everyday R- Regular

Hipster: that girl at the coffee shop reading nietzsche while wearing oversized headphones

138. (Hipster) (11↑, 11↓)
Describes lifestyle/fashion sensibilities of a subset of American youth—generally urban. Although sometimes ascribed a unique philosophical/aesthetic orientation (or novel lack thereof) hipsterism generally displays characteristics typical of other historical youth cultures. (See: teeny-bopper, hippy, punk, grunge, mod, rocker, goth, and other youth cultures typified by unconventional dress, specific music taste, chronic narcissism, dissociation, delusion, pseudo/anti-intellectualism, and necessarily selective and improbable world-views.) Such youth cultures generally awake—as if from a strange dream—sometime in their mid-thirties, baffled by their own behavior and the origins of several really really poorly done tattoos.

Man, where have you been? There's nothing Ukrainian about Ukrainian Village anymore--its full of hipsters. Look at this fucking hipster.

Author: wordswordswordsandmorewords http://hipster.urbanup.com/5040480
139. (hipster) (10↑, 10↓)
Someone who is hip and trendy. They constantly wear clothes that only hip people wear, thus the word hipster. Hipsters generally wear ironic/hilarious t-shirts. They listen to music and do things that non-hipsters would find weird and or look down upon. A common shirt for a hipster is the wolf shirt.

That kid Seth, with his wolf shirt, is such a hipster.

140. (Hipster) (24↑, 24↓)
Not all hipsters are jerks. Not all hipsters are hypocrites or bad people. Some generally are nice, social, and want to get to know you. The ideal hipster is intelligent and craves knowledge. He looks passed steotypes and conformity and styles himself in his own way of liking. The ideal hipster is equally willing or unwilling to hang out with new people. As with anyone else once you get to know a person. They all have different points of view and are passionate to defend it and/or prevent anyone else from degrading or demoralizing it. They all may have diverse passions and hobbies and likings. They may be bold and determined and proud, although these adjectives may apply to anyone. But above all, a hipster will follow is own heart and understanding. Also: I don't know why there is a term for this type of person but all I know is that "hipsters" don't all do it to be cool or for your "approval", but to express and appreciate themselves for who they are. They should look passed your body image and do the same for you.

We like to make you turn heads. ;) You: Dude, what a f***king hipster. Look at her. She thinks she's all that. Wait, a minute. I should check up TheMusicZealot's definition first. Maybe I can better understand her individuality and try to appreciate and be inspired by her diversity of interests.

Author: follower, conformiter http://hipster.urbanup.com/4896052
141. (hipster) (19↑, 19↓)
the a.v club's favorite word. used to describe, compliment, or insult anything.

This is a hipsterized club in a hipster-infested neighborhood known as the hipster mecca to local hipsters ---av club entry on mcdonalds.

142. (hipster) (16↑, 16↓)
Callum Plews of Lili, tourdeprogress, and catamaran.

"callum you wrote a blog called 'your the kind of girl I like, cause your empty, and im empty'\!? YOU ARE SUCH A HIPSTER\!"

143. (Hipster) (4↑, 5↓)
Jamjars,

Jamie ryan dee.com look out that faggot hipster

Author: Hold on Taniqua\!\! http://hipster.urbanup.com/6161896
144. (Hipster) (0↑, 1↓)
A kid who wears gay shirts/sweatshirts. Name is usually Harley. Brings his PSP to school.

The definition of a hipster is Harley

145. (hipster) (1↑, 2↓)
first of all, there are the fake hipsters. aka- the girls who have summer "hipster" blogs on tumblr. they think being hipster is wearing high-waisted shorts and wearing crosses on their necks. they still listen to nicki minaj and kesha. no. that is not a hipster. a hipster is someone who simply does not give a fuck. they appreciate what they want to appreciate. they dress mostly in sweaters and plaid. and they listen to bands no one has ever heard of before.

"omg lewk at me im a hipstur\!\!\!\!\!\!\! trianglez 4 lyfe\!\!\!\!"- not a hipster "my feline disgorged this morning."- hipster

Author: the critic's knowledge http://hipster.urbanup.com/6121989
146. (Hipster) (1↑, 2↓)
A poser.

Hipster: "Do you like my new plaid shirt. It came with these fake glasses that I got at the Salvation Army. I like to be thrifty. Save the animals\!" Random Person: "Uh. You're not blind." Hipster: "Oh I know. These glasses make me look cool. They set me apart from the rest of society." Random Person: *Slaps hipster in face* "Yeah...I think that will set you apart from society too. I don't see too many people running around with slap marks and skinny jeans. You're welcome" *END OF CONVERSATION*

147. (Hipster) (0↑, 1↓)
a girl with blonde hair that has a laugh like the three stooges, Usually born in april. Obsessed with Dinosaurs and plate tectonics. No hipster dirty dances or hooks up with random strangers. Usually they live in Santa Barbara and go to UCSB. They never show their arms. They are addicted to crack and peanut butter. They love to go sailing. They love christmas tress year round and the show The office and Always Sunny. A hipster is a crazy fucking bitch but everyone seems to know who she is because she like to punch guys in the balls when she is drunk and lock herself in bathrooms with one boy in particular. She also like root-beer floats and walks on the park. EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A HIPSTER\!

Ellen Degeneres- Hipster

148. (hipster) (2↑, 3↓)
A subculture of men or women who value progressive politics, creativity, and independent thinking. The main, most recognized, idea of the hipster is to reject the mainstream. . This means Harry Potter, Hollister, Aeropostale, or anything related in popularity is shunned. Also, hipsters are open to anything when it comes to love. They support gay, transgender, bisexual, lesbian, etc. Because of their value of independent thinking, hipsters do not tend to lean towards the average tanning bed, bleached blonde girl. They like different. Different is good for them. You can find hipsters at little known coffee shops, art exhibits, or random parts of town. Clothing: Women tend to wear haircuts that are very edgy- such as shaggy layers or a-symmetric side swept bangs. Some hipster "trademarks" are thick rimmed glasses, weather faux or real, oxford shoes, saddle shoes, and tight jeans. Most modern day hipsters have also gone towards aztec prints and Forever 21. Some stores that tend towards the hipster style are American Apparel and Urban Outfitters.

Person 1: "Hey, I saw this coffee shop downtown\! It looks really nice\! Let's go sometime?" Person 2: "Okay, but that place is plagued with hipsters."

Author: beckirebeccabecca http://hipster.urbanup.com/5816875
149. (Hipster) (0↑, 2↓)
Tiffany H.

"I'm not a Hipster...i don't like categories."

150. (Hipster) (3↑, 5↓)
a lot of people define a hipster as someone who falls into a category, like shopping at Urban Outfitters and listening to indie - when really, the true meaning of hipster is to differ from the norm. You don't have to wear a cardigan over corduroys to be a hipster, you just have to be yourself, and not worry about where society is going with music and fashion, and just go where you feel like going.

damn, what a hipster\!

Author: fuckinhipsters http://hipster.urbanup.com/5654835
151. (Hipster) (1↑, 3↓)
Paul (Dylan) Tummina

"The other i was listining to this band youve probably never heard of because im a hipster thats cooler than you\!"-Dylan(paul)

152. (hipster) (0↑, 2↓)
(n) Hipster: People with an extremely obscure taste of music and hate it when Indie labels go mainstream

Man, that girl over there is listening to Driftless Pony Club. Damn, what a hipster.

Author: youcancallmepenis http://hipster.urbanup.com/5636586
153. (Hipster) (0↑, 2↓)
A Hipster is a person who commonly rejects everything "mainstream" and pretends to be a non-conformist. This would involve not purchasing from name brand chains and supporting "indie" chains. This would include music by no-name bands as well. This large group of non-conformists are in a group of conformists trying to be non-conformist?

Louis: Is that Zoe over there? Kiko: Yeah. What a Hipster. Louis: Why do you say that? Kiko: Did you see her profile picture? She's eating grain. In a field. With "Indie" clothes.

154. (Hipster) (5↑, 7↓)
Usually in their late teens or early twenties... Male hipsters consist of sloppy facial hair looks, cheap flanel t-shirts, fixed-geared bikes, and ugly girlfriends. Female hipsters consist of facial piercings, bad body odor, straight up ugly outfits, loose clothing with bland ugly colors, and really bad teeth. Both male and female hipsters love to drink coffee, have "deep" conversations, smoke pot, drink alcohol, and "enjoy life"... You can usually find poser hipsters at places like starbucks. Hipsters are against corporate america, and drinking at starbucks would be as corporate as you could get. It's pretty easy to spot poser hipsters considering every hipster is a poser. A stone cold poser. These people love to just to ruin nice urban areas.

hipster

155. (Hipster) (6↑, 8↓)
Best friends who are joined at the hip

I'm missing my right [hip] I can't wait to tell my hipster about this one... they will never believe it\! Where's your hipster gone?

Author: Berth Thillitis http://hipster.urbanup.com/5421770
156. (hipster) (5↑, 7↓)
Ineffably cool cat. Not to be confused with "dickheads," the empty-headed, ovine army of imitators who inevitably throng in their wake, ruining everything. Dad was a Marxian intellectual, mum a sculptress or feminist journalist or some such: Whereas we grew up on Nickolodean, he was weaned on radical politics, Andy Warhol and banter about cult literature. Moderately attractive, probably mixed race, careful not to be *too* beautiful. Has a timeless, sexless aura hanging about him. Seems narcissistic and aloof, yet kind at heart. Survives exclusively on coffee and cigarettes. Insinuates a complete understanding of wittgenstein and foucault, but prefers to talk about aleister crowley and B-movies. Bored by most things. Changes conception of self like we change our socks. A scathing, arrogant music fascist yet possessed of no musical talent. Is fine with that apparent contradiction. Nothing frustrates them more than the idiot masses aping their every move. To sully their aesthetic divinity with non-ironic imitation is the worst thing you could do to him. And now that half the world is wearing a battered 80s jumper and a headband and is reading heidegger in a café, the true hipsters have long split, and are doing something else. Something mind-blowingly original, utterly profound and eminently ironic, of course.

Hipster 1: What's cool? Um, it's a bit like Zen, or like, maybe defines the peripheries of any given phenomenology. So it's basically better not to think or talk about it at all. Hipster 2: What's cool? Well what's not cool? It's just a word isn't it? You know, like "sparrow" or "fuckfist" or "hello".

157. (hipster) (3↑, 5↓)
one who has stolen queer culture and made it main stream by having androgynous/genderqueer hairstyles and clothes, wearing colorful scarves, wearing one or multiple earrings on only the left side of their head, and being obsessed over cats.

Two dykes are walking all decked out in cut up jeans, patched jackets, mow-hawks, feather earrings and mullets. A car drives by them and someone inside it yells something at them... dyke 1: What did they say? dyke 2: They called us HIPSTERS\!

Author: The Vulvanator http://hipster.urbanup.com/5192481
158. (hipster) (11↑, 13↓)
two words: vertical stripes.

Hey dude, do I look enough like an annoying hipster to have people dislike me for walking down the street.

159. (hipster) (62↑, 64↓)
In ther 50's a person who had a propension to be kicked out from bars because of his alcoholic problems, outcast attitude and hate toward mainstream culture and cultural icons in general.

Person 1: Why do you write? Hipster:Why do you shit?

160. (hipster) (3↑, 6↓)
Skinny white people, with less than 1% body fat. They are basically teenagers rebelling in everything their parents taught them (whether true or not) that go against everything mainstream. Usually only shop at thrift stores like Salvation Army. Wear cut off skinny jeans, tight shirts of bands usually, and hemp vans. Only listen to bands you have NEVER heard of and never will. Usually go to shows with these bands or something of that nature. Usually vegan, as its anti mainstream, and tout how being vegan is the right thing to do because animals are 'sentient beings'. Found in mostly bigger cities, but have blossoms in smaller cities. Don't believe in God or anything of that nature. Ride bikes. They believe everyone who is mainstream (people that listen to good music, eats meat, and believes in God in some fashion) are stupid conformists who care only for themselves and nothing else. Hate America because of its evil meat industry and culture (when in reality they hate most everything and say everything sucks, wouldn't matter if they lived in Europe) Around the ages of 16-late 20's because by 30 they have kids and realize they are jackasses and 98% of the world find them annoying. All in all, hipster is a new word meaning modern day hippie. And we all know hippies all faded away after a decade. Also deny that they are hipsters.

Hey, look at that hipster\! You mean the fag in the cut off skinny jeans smoking a ciggy?

161. (Hipster) (1↑, 4↓)
A derogatory term used to describe free-thinkers and people that appreciate creativity. Because in most modern societies it is often looked down upon for an individual to appreciate creativity and to be able to think for themselves it has become somewhat rare to find people that do so. Many half-wits or people who abstain from thinking for themselves (the majority of people) have come up with a derogatory term (hipster) to describle all people that do such things. However, the term "hipster" fails at defining these people because it refers to a specific style of dress and a specific type of independent music (Rock) while people who appreciate creativity and think for themselves don't all have the same style of dress. They could wear anything and listen to a wide variety of independent music (not just independent rock as the stereotype suggests). One of the most obvious reasons why these people would prefer not to be labeled as "hipsters" and view the term as derogatory is that the term "hipster" implies that they are trying to conform to a specific subculture while anybody who appreciates creativity and can think for themselves would not conform to anything because doing so would not be being creative or thinking for themselves at all.

Tool - "Hey, can I ask you a quick question?" "Hipster" - "I guess. What's up?" Tool - "Hey, why don't you dress like everybody else and listen to bands that are on the radio? "Hipster" - "Oh, that's because I don't have to dress the way that other people dress, and because I don't like the music on the radio. Tool - "But, why don't you like the music on the radio? If it's on the radio, then doesn't that mean it's good?" "Hipster" - "Well, the music that you hear on the radio is made specifically to appeal to ignorant, culturally deprived people like yourself that don't really care about the artistic and creative value of music and prefer to listen to music that sounds just like every other singer on the radio and sings about the same cheesy, shallow, unimportant, generic topics that have been used in thousands of other songs and don't really mean anything." Tool - "Oh..." ("Hipster" lights a cigarette and walks away)

162. (Hipster) (1↑, 4↓)
An elderly person who has broken their hips, pelvis, or genitalia during the act of sexual intercourse.

Richard: "I became a hipster last night\!"

163. (hipster) (1↑, 4↓)
noun mens someone who think they are cooler than you most of the time they are not. they are made of 5% body fat. they live in soho the art district in new york city good thing chinatown and little italy so mafia an yakuzas can kill them. they also claim that they liked somthing before it was popular even if they dont like it. in plain english they are douches

me: sweet new deadmau5 hipster: i liked him before he was cool me:shut up hipsters dont like techno

164. (hipster) (4↑, 7↓)
One crucial point is often overlooked in these definitions. HIPSTERS COME FROM SUBURBAN OR RURAL AREAS AND REINVENT THEMSELVES UPON ARRIVING IN BROOKLYN. If you were born and raised in lower Manhattan or south Brooklyn you are not a hipster. People will try to push us true New Yorkers into that group but we are different. I'll call "us" New York cool kids. We're into different things. We don't like being cheap always and doing indie stuff. Our sense of taste wasn't learned at age 20, we have had it since a young age since we've grown up in this city. Think the movie "Kids" versus "Garden State," "Kids" being us and "Garden State" being hipsters. Another tell tale sign of a New York cool kid is that we like New York hip-hop a lot because it was what we grew up on. Mob Deep, Diplomats, etc... We don't like Miike Snow etc... Also we know the real network of people that are on the scene and doing things in the art, fashion, and nightlife worlds. We go to the new clubs on opening night because we're best friends with the owner. Hipsters are broke faggots who create some kind of "cool" world with other broke ass nobodies. NYC cool kids get money. We are street kids or hang with street kids. Our parents are the people who were born here or moved here in the early 80's. To us the most important part of our identity is to have grown up in the city.

Tim from who lives in Bushwick but hails from Delaware is a hipster faggot. He eats trail mix, wears wack purple 98% cotton 2% spandex jeans, and likes the band Warpaint. Jack from New York City likes sports but knows how to dress and well is genuinely cool.

165. (Hipster) (1↑, 4↓)
somebody who substitutes the word "cool" with "deck" and the word "lame" with "fin"

Hipster are aiight, scene kids are fin. This is the motherfucking deck.

166. (hipster) (4↑, 7↓)
A hipster is someone who dresses diferently from everyone else. Someone who, acts differently from others. Someone who isnt afraid to be who they are.

1: wow. she/he is sooo hipster. 2: ikr. she/he isnt afraid to be who they are.

167. (Hipster) (14↑, 17↓)
n. (1) A youngish person who, in matters of social, musical, fashionable, and professional taste, considers oneself to be "post-ironic" (i.e. believes both social practice and social commentary are equally nonsensical) while blowing off the paradox or irresolvable problem that no such thing as an ironic gesture about irony can actually exist. (2) An individual exhibiting signs of late-capitalist malaise about one's inexorable and total involvement in standard-normative fields of production and consumption.

Hipsters normally exhibit a variety of tragicomic symptoms, including: Retro fashion / Denial of identity / Embrace of outward poverty while retaining a measure of hidden affluence / Rigid standards of social, professional, and political flexibility / Joyous self-realization in sadness / Personal fulfillment in the detection of non-transcendent gestures

168. (hipster) (0↑, 4↓)
People who are rad.

Example: Anyone hipster.

Author: qwertyuiiopasdfghjkl http://hipster.urbanup.com/5801797
169. (Hipster) (0↑, 4↓)
the definition of a "Hipster" are a knock off brand name Scene kid. They lean up against brick walls and smoke only camel Turkish royals, and have shaggy mop headed hair styles, with skinny jeans so tight you'd imagine they would have dick. They listen to gay ass crab-core bands like attack attack and other scremo filth. They are always trying to give light shows and bring their Rave Gloves with them erywhere.

Alec: hey kevin? Kevin: yeah bro-ku? Alec: i think your a hipster dude.... im just sayin Kevin: yo Nahh dude. Alec: like for real dude... Kevin: i know i am but shut up\! Alex: ^lol

Author: The HoIy Diver http://hipster.urbanup.com/5604487
170. (hipster) (0↑, 4↓)
A person who acts similar to lead singer Jarvis Cocker in the music video for the Pulp song "Common People". YouTube it.

average man: Where'd you get those dance moves? hipster: Jarvis Cocker, bitch\! average man: Damn hipsters\!

Author: Corinthian_mirror http://hipster.urbanup.com/5333575
171. (Hipster) (1↑, 6↓)
Jane Lichacz

Paula: I'm so hipster\! Bob: Are you Jane Lichacz? Paula: No. Bob: Then you're not a hipster

172. (Hipster) (0↑, 6↓)
a hipster is someone who dresses, acts, or entertains like Paulioc.

Yo man i heard there were mad hipsters at the commy party last night.

173. (Hipster) (4↑, 11↓)
A slandering term used by a non trendy, boring person, used for any person that has any sense of style whatsoever.

i wish i could pull off an outfit like that." "no you dont. she just looks like every other [hipster] with fake glasses and a flannel.

174. (hipster) (1↑, 8↓)
The only definition of a "hipster" is that he is a person who can stand on certain street corners in any foreign big city in the world and connect for pot or junk without knowing the language, it all makes you want to go back to America to Harry Truman's face. As defined by Jack Kerouac in Desolation Angels (book two, part one, chapter seventeen)

whole gangs of mexican hipsters mill around, most of them with mustaches, all broke, quite a few of italian and cuban descent. some of them even write poetry, as i found later.

175. (hipster) (4↑, 11↓)
a hip person

"i don't understand why everyone hates people that wear shoes that aren't uggs so much." "because they are hipsters." "but that girl is just wearing a black sweater and jeans." "but the jeans aren't hollister."

Author: everyone calm down http://hipster.urbanup.com/3822598
176. (Hipster) (8↑, 16↓)
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH BRO\! 1. A person who constantly wears flannel shirts, skinny jeans, and boots. 2. A person who does open-palm pumps (as opposed to fist pumps) to avoid appearing like a Jersey Shore character. 3. A person who says he/she is not a hipster when asked. 4. A person who soaks his/her jeans to insure a skin-tight fit. 5. A person who will correct another's calling electro "techno."

1. Person 1: What are you wearing, hipster? Hipster: Bro, I'm rockin the flannel shirt, skinny jeans, and boots, like usual. 2. Person 1: Is this how you fist pump? Hipster: NO, open-palm/heavy bass, bro. 3. Person 1: Yo dude, ain't you a hipster? Hipster: F***\! I'm not a hipster\! 4. Person 1: Yo, you got some really skinny jeans right there. Hipster: Ya bro, I soaked all night long. 5. Person 1: Yo hipster, that's some intense techno. Hipster: Shut up\! It's electro\!

177. (Hipster) (8↑, 16↓)
Hipster is a variant of [scene] where they are less elitest but tend to be more obnoxicious at the same time. They step away from the "rap" and "crunx" thing from [scenes] and go more twoards power-pop, techno, and/or electronica groups such as Metro Station or Mindless Self Indulgence. The clothing styles, to many people, look the same as scenesters. They claim to be non-conformest and free thinkers, and will trash any other group if they pose off of hipster at all, even though most of the groups came before hipsters. An average hipster may dress in the [scene] style to a point, have snakebites or some other facial piecering, a scene or emoish hairdo, and wear some clothing item that went out of fasion in the 70's or 80's. Not all locations have hipsters, however. It depends on what music genres reign suprime in that location.

Hipsters don't know how to mosh at concerts\! Many preppy girls like hipster music.

178. (Hipster) (4↑, 13↓)
People who wear plaid flannels and skinny jeans.

Erin Anderson is such a hipster and I love you.

179. (Hipster) (11↑, 20↓)
One who wears skinny jeans, listens to indy and is born with the name Craig Martin.

Any one as hip as Craig Martin. "I'm not a hipster, I just like bands that are so unheard of they don't even exist yet."

Author: stefandruzdzel http://hipster.urbanup.com/3672670
180. (Hipster) (9↑, 18↓)
A hipster is a group that basically poses of other groups, like [emo] and [prep]. They wear either tight girl jeans or colored skinny jeans, a tight shirt with a lame band logo (My Chemical Romance) on it, piecerings (like snakebites), a emoish hairdo, and sometimes a bandana

Oh my god\! That kid is a hipster\! I want to kill him\! Hipsters listen to MSI.

Author: Kyle Kilgannon http://hipster.urbanup.com/3369404
181. (hipster) (82↑, 91↓)
-disaffected and apathetic attitude -cynical and pessimistic -seen at trendy places until you get there -use new slang two years before you hear it ("bling") -you probably think they're lame when you meet them but then you discover they're the ones people are following.

that tight pants coffee smelling guy who you want to watch on the bus but are too scared of getting caught

Author: pharah--first half one back half the other http://hipster.urbanup.com/1407476
182. (Hipster) (9↑, 19↓)
someone who says "I'm so fucking hipster" and wears a red headband. Wears clothes from Urban Outfitters but pretends that shops at a thrift store all the time. probably called Jen.

Jen: "im so fucking hipster"

183. (hipster) (3↑, 15↓)
hippie + gangster = hipster some1 who smokes a shitload of weed and trips on shit like a hippie, but still keeps it gangster.

yo you see dat kid who just took sum acid and is now sparking up a beezy? thats a hipster

184. (Hipster) (6↑, 18↓)
Somebody tryin' to be me\! I'm an independent thinker but I don't throw my genius around like I'm a snob. A hipster is somebody who thinks he or she is all that but he or she isn't. Someone who makes us gifted people look bad.

"Dang, girl did you see that hipster chick with that dirty old time 'Cheer Detergent' t-shirt ? \<\<smart girl yells out the bus window\>\> GET A CLUE WE DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE TRYIN' TO BE IRONIC\!\!\!\!\!"

Author: Supa Smart Black Chica\! http://hipster.urbanup.com/4789593
185. (Hipster) (1↑, 14↓)
someone who doesnt do mainstream things (things that everybody els does)

friend 1:hey man you wanna go to Mc Donalds? friend 2: Nah man Micky Ds is is mainstream, and Ima hipster so i dont do that.

186. (Hipster) (0↑, 15↓)
Mix of Ghetto & Mixer Makes raps and adds to other peoples raps Dresses ghetto but sometimes preppy

Damn look at the hipster girl editting Young Forever && making new things.

187. (hipster) (37↑, 52↓)
just in response to the first definition: A) it's Louis Vuitton...there's a "u" B) Hipsters love Starbucks...the reason all their stuff is so expensive is because they pay their workers good wages, thus making it one of few corporate conglomerates that can be accepted by hipsters.

okay, well i guess i have to use the word "hipster" in here somewhere...

188. (hipster) (3↑, 19↓)
urban street rats that have an ahead-of-the-mainstream fashion sense. sometimes pretentious.

ellen: look at my tight-ass Volcom neon sunglasses\! hipster: so last summer. ellen: whatever, hipster. hipster: whatever, hater. lolwhut

Author: hyphy jiggaboo http://hipster.urbanup.com/4115021
189. (hipster) (1↑, 18↓)
Teenagers who wear tight v-neck shirts, easter colored shorts and sperry's.

Jackson and Carson are the the biggest hipsters I know.

190. (hipster) (14↑, 31↓)
Men and women, mostly yuppies, in their early to late twenties. They love simple clothes and work at hipster places like American Apparel. Hipster men love to wear slim fitting sweatshirts and straight legged jeans or a solid colored tee, hot shorts, sweatband, and vinatge sunglasses. The women hipsters like to wear a floppy bohemian dress, dark stockings, slouch boots, a blazer, and a pendant necklace that comes down to their chest. When it comes to hair, hipster guys prefer to have scruffy beards and wavy hair- any length. Women have long wavy hair with little or no layers, but with eyebrow length bangs. All hipsters are obsessed with music, style, and movie subcultures. Their main goal is to look "cool", but they never use that word to describe anything.

OMG she like listens to The Kills and reads Vice magazine, she is sooo hipster.

Author: htotheetothello http://hipster.urbanup.com/2132468
191. (Hipster) (252↑, 271↓)
Hipsters are people who dress like they Po' but have designer sunglasses and IPhones and generally suck at anything useful and add to the Global \#$*&% douche epidemic.

That "hipster" has a lot of buttons on his messenger bag, I asked him what they meant and he said "I have no Idea but they cost $6 a piece\!".

Author: Solstice O'finnegan http://hipster.urbanup.com/3856356
192. (hipster) (24↑, 44↓)
A real hipster doesn't have to necessarily take up the conventions mentioned in many of these definitions. A hipster doesn't give a damn and may have perfectly normal hair. The hallmark of a hipster is high cultural tolerance and a slight tendency towards intellectual arrogance. There's no such thing as a "cliquish" hipster: People who are like that are just as brain-dead as any other close-minded person. Usually well-informed and interesting people who have more to discuss than gossip, TV shows (many hipsters have a disdain for television), and housing prices (unless they're about to re-up their lease).

That guy thinks for himself and questions authority. Definitely appreciates the arts, literary as well as visual and musical. He's a hipster for sure.

Author: CorporateHipster http://hipster.urbanup.com/3171815
193. (hipster) (1↑, 22↓)
ACTUALLY, anyone who knows anything about Callum knows that he isn't only in 3 bands. DUH\! He also raps under the name Milton Diamondz and has another band called TOUR\!

"Callum, you have gold shoes. You put the hip in hipster"

Author: Rosie O Donnell http://hipster.urbanup.com/2835613
194. (HIPSTER) (136↑, 157↓)
Anyone who thinks hipsters are from a young age group essentially consider themselves a brand of "hipster" but are in fact merely blissfully, painfully unaware of anything outside of their little uninformed, age-ist universe. Vintage hipsters (yes, over 35 years old\!) still enrage the status quo and run around in black pants like they are cooler than anything going. Don't worry, kids\!, all of your complaining and dislike of all these little sub groups that mean next to or absolutely nothing will continue to plague you for the rest of your life, lucky you\!

Think we can get into the Maryann Faithfull concert at St Ann's, or will it be sold out to HIPSTERS?

195. (Hipster) (198↑, 221↓)
(1) n. An over-educated, pretentious, narcissistic teenaged-to-twenty-something-year-old in skinny jeans who despises everything mainstream when in reality their lifestyles and personalities are regurgitated and inauthentic, as hipsterism has already hit the mainstream (2) n. Assassin of cool

"Being a hipster is the opposite of a movement; it's a crawl toward death." —Portland Mercury

Author: NoMoreDBagsPlease http://hipster.urbanup.com/5091828
196. (Hipster) (6↑, 29↓)
n.) An Indigo Child who has yet to discover it.

Hipster: "Man, I just feel this crazy-strong urge to go against EVERYTHING MAINSTREAM. What is the purpose behind that? What is MY purpose in life?" Hipster's Higher-Self: "Now we're gettin' somewhere\! Keep asking these questions..."

197. (hipster) (335↑, 358↓)
1. Any kind of person most likely aged under...oh 35, who participate in some kind of youth subcultural urban clique; from [punk], to [indie rocker], [goth], [straight edge], [metalhead], [hip-hop], etc. They are fairly likely to know a great deal about their own world and very little about anyone else's. 2. A grand tradition of respected pop-cultural icons, from [Oscar Wilde] to [Charles Bukowski] to [Andy Warhol] to the [Vice Magazine] founders, who despite their influence, really kind of suck. 3. Throngs upon throngs of urban centric teengers and twenty-somethings who congregate in the "hip" neighborhoods of a town and all dress disturbing alike. They try to one step ahead of trends in clothes and music, seeking out vintage fashion and independant bands. Their shortcomings include: a) most-likely an upper/middle class upbringing b) general snobbery (or social-ineptitude mistaken for it) towards not only those not "with it" but also an unfamiliar hipster c) a disposition of only liking things not totally excepted by the mainstream d) alcoholism and e) bad haircuts. Their exceptional qualities: a) despite what some detractors might assume, they are one of the more racially inclusive scenes in an urban setting b) they aren't too picky about beer c) if you need one of them to give an opinion when shopping for clothes or records, they will be invaluable...provided they don't scoff at you first and d) that band you love never would have gotten anywhere if the hipsters weren't into them first.

1. "Walking down Broadway in [Seattle], you sure do see a lot of young hipsters tooling about." 2. "In [Kerouac]'s '[On the Road]', he paints a decent portrait of how the hipster lifestyle of the 1940's run aground with the American Dream." 3. "Ugh...there are too many hipsters at that party. Let's not go. All those girls are terrible in bed."

Author: Suspicious Uzi http://hipster.urbanup.com/1471667
198. (Hipster) (229↑, 253↓)
Emo for people in their mid to late 20s.

A guy who listens to a lot of indie music and writes bad poetry graduates from emo school at age 25 and is now a hipster.

199. (HIPSTER) (43↑, 70↓)
there is nothing wrong with being hipster, all long as u dont label yourself as it. you believe in supporting little businesses by eating at local coffee shops instead of corrupted corporations like starbucks. talk about humanity and art like music, films, lit, travel, history-instead of dumb trends and stupid pop culture references.--dont watch the oc.. shop at thrift stores meaning that they dont belive in paying $150 for a fricking pair of jeans when they can get them for $40. are usually liberal so they believe in civil rights and dont support the "democratic" govt of the u. s. of fricking a-hole that has messed up almost every other coutnry, and cant get their shit together to actually help their own citizens. whats wrong with being ''''hipster'''' if its just our new generation being more open-minded and not taking psuedo-coool societies crap?

hipster: i like indie movies from sundance and go to the Pannikin. dumb other person: i watch one tree hill and drink 5 starbuck's a day...

200. (hipster) (84↑, 112↓)
lovely people who try to be different by listening to unique music and wearing obscure clothing usually found at a thrift store. they somehow pull of a in style look by wearing really old clothes they got for next to nothing. very artsy. obcessed with the past, and anything 'vintage'

non-hipster: holy shit thats a cool shirt\! can i get the exact same one at kohls for twenty bucks? hipster: no, actually u cant. i got it at a thrift store in south west DC for two dollars. its twenty years old, so you probably cant find another one. ever. .......conformist

201. (Hipster) (16↑, 45↓)
1.A person who practically lives at Urban Outfitters. 2.they drink lots of Pabst Blue Ribbon. 3.Mainly listen to underground club shit(Uffie, Justice,MSTRKRFT,Steve Aoki,Hyper Crush) 4.THEY HAVE REGULAR JOBS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. 5.they don't spend alot of time on their appearances 6.Mostly wear urban outfitters, or pastelle clothes or jeans. 7.LOVE to dress like they came out of an 80s flashback. 8.Mark the cobrasnake is a famous hipster photographer.

Look at those hipsters on thecobrasnake.com\!

202. (hipster) (27↑, 59↓)
a rare breed of animal usually spotted at the blackcat in DC (not on nights of popular shows, but rather on nights with a no name band that most likely sucks). current hipster trends include (but are not limited to) trucker caps, dyed black hair, zelda haircuts for girls, vintage clothing, black frame glasses, a "hipster" jacket, pair of black chuck taylors, etc.

dude 1: yo, let's go down to the blackcat to see deathcab. dude 2: no way, i hate them. dude 1: you liked them last week\!\! you're getting too hipster. i hate you. dude 2: don't hate.

203. (hipster) (250↑, 284↓)
A relatively new subculture (late 90's-present). A hipster can generally be identified as a skinny, efeminate looking male or a unkemp, annoyed looking female in their 20's wearing tight jeans and thrift store/vintage clothing and accesories. The hipster is a subculture without a cause. They have no ideals or values except trying shunn the mainstream and appear as unconventianal as possible by advocating the independent. They can be seen: riding bikes, smoking expensive cigarretes, drinking independent coffee and cheap alchahol, and eating organic and vegan food. They will say they do such things so as to not conform to mainstream/consumer society, but really their only motive is to appear interesting and different. Theyr'e also pretentious as hell and have egos the size of Africa despite the fact that nobody really cares about them or their interests. They especially enjoy talking about themselves but will lose interest if the conversation moves to other subjects. They will not give up an argument but if confronted with violence they will quikly coil into the fetal position. Oh, and many male hipsters are closeted homosexuals. Overall, hipsters are the embodiment of apathy, irony, and hypocrisy because by not conforming, theyr'e conforming. The origin of the modern hipster is simple: Skinny, uncomfortable, nerdy guys in high school with small genetalia back in the late 90's couldn't find their identity and so decided to "not conform" by creating a sorry clusterfuck of a human being with oversized glasses and tight pants. The girls just did it to tag along and appear more interesting and inflate their egos. The worst subculture out there in my opinion. The CA bay area seems to be most heavily populated with hipsters, but you can find them at your local independant coffee shop.

hipster: I just rode my bike downtown while smoking a pack of cloves, then spent the day shopping at goodwill and loitering. Me: Go fuck a duck.

204. (Hipster) (9↑, 45↓)
Being a hipster is just simply being a well-rounded person..an intellectual..someone who is true to who they are..and enjoys all the positive aspects of life while fluanting an unusual fashion sense unlike most others. Another word to describe people in this culture is "Non-Conformists."

From my experience random words or phrases associated with hipsters are..glasses,homo,skinny jeans,scarves,coffee,weird taste in music..scene kids,unique fashion sense..just to name a few.

205. (hipster) (67↑, 103↓)
everyone who is writing on here seems to have no idea what they are talking about. not all hipsters do what they do and wear what they wear to simply be "different" or "better than everyone". Usually, the clothes they wear are what the "mainstream" in Europe is wearing because this country is so ridiculously behind. Indie music happens to be REALLY GOOD. Maybe, if everyone stopped listening to their godamn rascal flatts and whatever else the shit is they play on the radio, and actually thought for themselves, they would understand.

Dumbass \#1:"Oh my god, look at that hipster over there, they think they are so cool because their clothes are DIFFERENT." Dumbass \#2:"I know their music is never played on the radio, so I bet it is just terrible." Dumbass \#1:"C'mon let's go listen to Rascall Flatts and Kelly Clarkson and buy all of our clothes from hollister.

206. (Hipster) (242↑, 283↓)
Emo Hippie DOUCHEBAGS\! They try to give the illusion that they don't care about anything, but in fact care way too much. They are not hard to spot as they all wear the same thing, but will tell you that they are individuals and have a style of their own. They look down on anyone who shows any interest in what they see as mainstream.

That guy at the party who is wearing the same crocodile logo shirt you wore when you were 5, he's a hipster.

207. (hipster) (29↑, 70↓)
one who wears old-school chuck taylors, smokes parliament cigarettes, and drinks miller high life.

That hipster stole the keg, let's get the bastard. It was very hipster chic to wear that 70's ski vest.

208. (Hipster) (18↑, 61↓)
An unwanted, attention whore in dire need for people to look at him/her. The hipster usually wears tight jeans, vnecks, fedora caps and moccasins. They enjoy hanging out in parking lots and coffee shops and don't actually buy anything, because hipsters are "non comformist" but in reality they're all just washed up poor fucks. They love doing retarded dances that are really idiotic jump moves. They like to listen to non-mainstream music and claim they're better than most people because they listen to music that isn't known because it sucks anyway. Oh, and 99.9% of hipsters are homosexuals.

"Hey dude wanna go to the coffee shop then go to the open mic night and listen to all the Hipster wanna bees sing and laugh at them?" "Haha, Randy, you read my mind, i love laughing at hipsters.\!

Author: AngryItalianMan http://hipster.urbanup.com/5139506
209. (hipster) (28↑, 71↓)
Those three girls at school who sit near a window on the third floor at lunch and hunch over one small chicken salad with light french dressing. They make the color black apart of there wardrobe everyday and have the most awesome pair of suede ankle boots you could imagine, there hair is always lazily styled along with there make-up which now includes glittery mascara with green eyeliner and they manage to keep there shades on all day with-out getting reprimaned by a teacher, they are getting all A's in school though you hardly ever see them turn in work...if you were to walk up to them they would smirk and throw out words with more then 9 letters as there greeting, they have there own secret language which at least at my school includes the word screened. They wear purple leather gloves they got from sak's on sale and claim to have gotten everything at the local thrift store though you know you've seen them coming out of annie creamcheese more then once while talking about Urban outfitters....which if asked about will say it's a conformity store....there the only ones not wearing the school colors on the day of the rivalry football game and will proudly say that the schools football team sucks while being wooed by its more then likely going to be recurited quaterback. they secretly love the fact that starbucks is only a few blocks away and will walk there when alone and without friends....they drink there coffee light/skim with no whipped cream and no matter what season it is there getting hot coffee...there the only ones at the zoo not on a date or followed by little kids, they paint there nails the same way its being done in china.....they wear glittery bra straps with tank tops and will have vomit contest in the schools first floor bathroom..they may be seen wearing a thing or two from places like lacoste and ralph lauren but will often downplay it with a pair of shiny black skinny jeans from a place they are determined to keep secret from you..they "help" with stage crew and end up getting the most praise....consider anyone over 112pds a fat fatty but are really great friends with one of the heaviest girls in the school, they have a signature thing they like to wear each (one might wear a scarf..one might wear a shawl....one might always have on red shoes)and are in love with small compact cars they can barely fit all the clothes they buy into....they spend way too much on water from italy or new zeland and love to pretend to drink by buying up fruit drinks that come in mystery cans...are determined to stay thin with out working out..secretly love looking at themselves..are considered really mature though when alone with there group are really completely immature and bitchy....they volunteer at some cushy place and think YOUR stupid for not having a tutor, they hate anyone with a fake tan who wears A&F, HOLLISTER and will only slighty tolerate those who shop at rheul.....LOVE martin+osa and have a one sided rivalry with one of the popular girls....thinks cheerleading is fun for the dumb and only gives golf claps to poms because dancing is an actual art form....there cell phones are old but they have the latest and greatest ipod...they always want to borrow yours..they know they look better then everyone else and play off the reason as to why there single as every guy in the school being immature while shifting it away from the fact that there just plain mean...have been out of the country and has downloaded masses of euro music for no apparent reason..will openly talk about race....they have this funny kind of walk they do..will talk about you once your atleast 3 ft away and know you'll be okay with it because they can tell you worship them..why? you still dont know..isnt afraid to go sit in the library and may even be in the book club...thinks guys with the helmet flip hair cut are disgusting....would prefer someone older...has downed wine before 10 and always makes sure to mention there one friend in ROTC....loves high waisted military pencil skirts and high heels but will also kick your ass if your planning on getting the only pair of flats that they happen to want..never goes shopping with the group..always alone with the mom but makes sure to say how much they spent before they actually tell you what they brought...thinks walking home from school is illgeal so will wait hours for a ride...........trust me i know....my sister is such a hipster...

Hipstersister:....I cant belive I had 3 kernels of pop corn...Im gonna head to the bathroom..you coming? Hipster: what am I screened...no flip ill be there...oh I spent "only" 700 dollars this weekend...I forget what I brought Hipstersister:(glaring)....oh is "that" all....ew look at that girl wearing A&F...shes a whore.. Hipster:....yeah..oh Im wearing pink to the game...forget white and orange... Hipstersister:..oh yeah you know that korean girl.....she talks sooo white.... hipster: im korean.... hipstersister:....and......you sound white too (hipster friend coming from the bathroom)....dont go in there girls from the JV cheer team are talking about the jonas brothers... (all):.....screen...

210. (hipster) (879↑, 923↓)
The people who wrote the first two definitions, as well as every other moron who thumbed the definitions up

moronic thumber-upper: Wow they totally summed me up in two thousand words, Except that they didn't cause I'm not a hipster.

211. (Hipster) (13↑, 57↓)
wants to be indie, but is not

you = hipster

212. (hipster) (13↑, 62↓)
1. The guy who wrote the definition of hipster that starts with "Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking. . ." and continues in an incredibly self-important and disappointing manner to idealize this counter-AnyRemoteUsefullnessToHumanCultureAndItsDevelopment "counter-culture". 2. A very bad omen for the future

"Do you realize that the next generation of voters will be flooded with apathetic hipsters?" "God help us"

Author: Unfortunate reader of Mr. Trey http://hipster.urbanup.com/4471203
213. (hipster) (81↑, 138↓)
Hipsters are people that have the ability to think for themselves. There are broad subdivisions of hipsters that get labels based on the clothes they wear. A lot of the negativity expressed in the prior definitions are targeted toward emo and fashioncore people. I might be, or might hang out with a bunch of hipsters, but we don't call ourselves that or even talk about it, but i've seen others referred to as hipsters because they engage in conversations that have substance. The conversations a hipster might have generally revolve around culture, drugs, nature, politics, and soceity. Instead of wasting time in front of the television being brainwashed hipsters spend it enjoying the fruits of life. Whether it be music, poetry, making your own fashion, or just trying to change the world. The reason a lot of hipsters seem arrogant is because they generally spend their time around other hipsters learning and experiencing new things. A lot of people are intimidated by the amount of knowledge a hipster might posess regarding his subjects of interest, because instead of doing nothing at all hipsters tend to do things. Most hipsters are enlightened individuals through psychedelic drug use and shun some of soceity's accepted evils like religion, the television, and marketing in general. Instead of buying what is sold to you on the television at a normal price, why not get what you need at the thrift store, be unique, and then spend the money elsewhere and support the kind of culture you indulge in. If you had a 3rd generation or before ipod, you are a probably a hipster. You might be one or not be one based on that, but its a pretty good guideline.

"Wait... your calling me a stupid hipster because I shop at the Salvation Army, think for myself and follow the culture I can relate to the most and instead of spending my money on jeans I bought these turntables and a bunch of ecstacy, and I'm arrogant because I'd like to hang around people that are open with their feelings, don't talk behind others backs, and have similar interests more than I'd like to hang out with you and discuss the latest mtv reality show and contemplate what Paris Hilton will do next?"

214. (hipster) (21↑, 78↓)
Someone who is part of a teenage subculture. For example skaters, hip-hoppers, mods, hippies, emos, jocks, ravers, metal-fans, rockers, geeks, punks, nerds, couch-potatoes, demosceners. These scenes usually have adapted to a certain style of clothing, music, sports, behaviour which the teenagers following that scene support, as opposed to the mainstream teenagers who wear expensive clothes from brands known for child-labour, music dictated by the big music companies, thinking they are unique that way and making fun of the "hipsters" because they go their own way.

"Look at that emo guy over there with his thrift shop clothing, totally a hipster" "So what, at least he's not walking around with $200 Evisu jeans and an iPod like you do\!"

215. (hipster) (143↑, 205↓)
Derogatory term used by (usually) fat, ugly, chronically insecure idiots who have a preference for [mor] and pseudo-"alternative" musics such as Nickelback etc., reality TV, and sexual repression. Commonly describes individuals who inspire jealously in these boring middle-class twats because they creatively avoid full-time work, are not afraid to be different, and (usually) have taste. As there is no "hipster" ideology as such this term could be applied to a miriad of different groups who may offend any number of social conventions. Interestingly, the word is derived from the Wolof (Senegalese) word "hipi" meaning "to open one's eyes" or "be aware", and was introduced into English through slavery, as "hipster" slaves developed their own language in order to communicate behind the backs of their masters. Current hatred of "hipsters" is rooted in a desire for control and conformity: slavery to a boring middle-class consumerist existence.

Boring Middle Class Twat 1: "Wanna do something interesting tonight?" Boring Middle Class Twat 2: "Let's go to the mall." Boring Middle Class Twat 1: "Yes, that sounds interesting."

216. (Hipster) (24↑, 90↓)
Those members of the youth that are more in tune and welcoming to changing trends in fashion and music Most often intellectually superior to others but do not feel the need to feed their vanity by searching for a 6 figure job Hipsters are often teased that they are the 'real' conformists but their apathetic nature and superior intelligence ensures that non-hipster's claims are fruitless in bothering them They provide a standalone source of artistic innovation. Hipster's work (music, art, literature) is what conformists often attempt to appreciate upon noticing their banal existence

Hipster 1: Hey look, there's another person imputting a derogatory opinionated view as a definition on urban dictionary. Hipster 2: Wow, they're smart. (sarcastically)

217. (hipster) (135↑, 201↓)
a pretentious unemployed person who somehow acquired an extravagant apartment in Manhattan, Williamsburg, or Park Slope, listens to obscure indie and foreign music, says they like photography, art, and film, and does not own a television. Often seen eating a banana while walking.

person: what's your favorite band? hipster: I would tell you, but you wouldn't know them. person: oh. my favorite band is AFI hipster: AFI?\!?\!?\! THAT'S MAINSTREAM\!

218. (Hipster) (150↑, 218↓)
One who vehemently denies being a hipster.

NonHipster: Hey, skinny dude in the tight pants\! You're a hipster, right? Hipster: Oh fuck no.

219. (HIPSTER) (244↑, 320↓)
A trendy homosexual fixie riding, grit smokin douche bag. He is always wearing a striped v-neck with holes in it, tight black cheap monday pants, a vintage fedora w/ a peacock feather. They wear old worn italian cycling shoes, vans with holes, and/or toms often wear nazi or WW2 jackets, and bright neon "Fay Banz" (fake ray bans). They have trendy facial hair, and long and short section in their hair that seem out of place. Often shop at urban outfitters and american apparel. Essential accesories include: 1st generation ipod (because its bulky and works better and is trendier supposedly, which is filled with indie rock, alternative, or strange french pop), Vintage cigarete case filled with camel or parliament grits, strange leather bracelets, keys on belt, Vintage messenger or courier bag, sidekick 2. Use words like janky, sketchy, and epic fail. have a vintage italian steel track bike thats never been on the track and most likely has bright colors and 1 or 2 aerospokes.

Hipster 1: dude thats one janky lookin fixed we should go work on that or someting.. Hipster 2: Hold on i gotta pause my 1st gen, yeah sounds good but im too lazy, id rather just brush my hair and smoke some cigarretes, did u hear they're having a urban out fitter sale? Hipster 2: solid we can go with our fix krew and have a ride there.

Author: cheap monday 123 http://hipster.urbanup.com/3615117
220. (Hipster) (210↑, 286↓)
someone who does not want to be a part of a capitalistic society and thinks that they can actually acomplish it. They acomplishit. Someone who thinks that they are saving cows by not eating them. Someone who thinks that walmart crys because they do not shop there. It is not listening to indie rock or buying thrift store cloaths. It is doing these things with the beleif that doing these things will save the world. Hipsters will never refer to themselves as hipsters

"I think proformance art will change the world"hipster

221. (hipster) (220↑, 299↓)
I define "hipsters" as poseurs who are immitating people who are actually hip, or at least who they perceive to be hip. A hip person typically has some degree of fashion sense, and a good example of the difference between this and a "hipster" is how a hip person might buy articles of clothing from the Salvation Army because they're cheap and/or unique, whereas a "hipster" would shop at some sort of boutique that sells exclusively fashionable vintage clothing and pay 10 times as much for more or less the same items. A hip person is cognitive of what styles are fashionable, and finds a style that suits his or her self, but doesn't necessarily have to be wearing exclusively non-mainstream vintage or designer articles. A hipster either copies a hip person, the other hipsters he knows, or whatever he sees in "Vice" magazine. A few fashion items are always acceptible regardless of how much of a poseur you are or aren't: Chuck Taylors, black hoodies, tight pants, etc. A hip person might look hung over or like they just got out of bed, but if they do, it's because they really are hung over and just got out of bed. A "hipster" might spend considerable effort faking that look by messing up their hair and intentionally wearing wrinkled clothes. A telltale sign of a hipster douchebag is that he or she is clearly "trying" to be fashionable. They often overaccessorize with some sort of scarf, hat, or outlandish shoes, and put a great deal of effort into making sure everything matches. A hip person most likely is an avid listener of music, but doesn't particularly care how others judge his or her taste. He or she might listen to anything, sometimes including things that were once, or even are currently, mainstream. A "hipster" contrives his or her music collection to be seen by others as cool and "indie". They love vinyl records. Crappy music seems cool to them as long as they listen to it on vinyl, and especially if it's some sort of rare recording that they can be sure no one else they know owns. If you asked a hipster whether he cared if people thought his music collection was cool, he would say "no", but he would be lying. They care. In fact, the defining trait that seperates legitimate cool people from hipster douchebags is that truly hip people genuinely don't care what other people think of them, or maybe acknowledge it a little bit but don't base their whole persona around it. Hipsters are obsessed with this fact, and build their entire personalities in an effort to make it look like they also don't care. They want, just as much as normal people, to fit in. A really hip person just naturally fits in because he or she has a likable personality and is fun to be around. All hipsters hate other hipsters and consider them to be phonies, and no hipster will ever admit to being one even if they fit all of the stereotypes.

True story: I was recently at a thanksgiving party where a lot of food was being served. The skinny, pale, threadbare sweater and tight pants-clad hipster-looking guy who had been putting on music all evening walked into the room. People weren't talking much at the time because their mouths were full, and hipster douchemaster sweater guy decided the room wasn't sociable enough for him, said "This room sucks", turned, and walked away. He could have just walked away, but he felt he had to verbally pass judgment on the room's occupants to make sure he seemed superior to them. What a dick.

222. (hipster) (86↑, 167↓)
one who listens to [indie] music, has good taste, and delves in ironic snobbery.

hipster = my heart. \<3

223. (Hipster) (107↑, 194↓)
Pretentious, pseudo-intellectuals generally sporting thick-rimmed glasses and some stupid plaid shirt they purchased at Urban Outfitters. Generally, they own flickr accounts with all of their flat, generic pictures on them and try to pass themselves off as artists despite the fact they probably only know how to use a point and shoot. They listen to non-conformist indie music that usually includes meaningless lyrical content, poor vocals, and monotonous tones. They also partake in said non-conformist bands, over estimating their musical talents as they do all their other art forms.

The elusive hipsters in their natural habitat: Claude: Omg let's go up to Williamsburg and go buy some ironic fashions at the flea market. Isn't it cool that we're 19-years-old and wear old people sweaters? Felix: Yeah and then we can go back to my house and listen to Passion Pit\!

Author: Bitter_ass_bitch http://hipster.urbanup.com/5038581
224. (hipster) (34↑, 124↓)
n. someone who flaunts cigarettes.

"Jackie, check out that hipster's cigarettes\!"

225. (Hipster) (265↑, 356↓)
Kind of like an Emo kid who never really grew out of it.

Person: "So, what do you do for a living?" Hipster: "I prefer to say I hipst. Excuse me, I'm late for a jam session at my parents house with my old high school buddies. We're gonna record our Indie rock covers on our old school tape machine. Oh yeah, and get this - after, we're gonna get high. It's awesome."

226. (hipster) (126↑, 219↓)
The hippies of the 2000's. They listen to "undiscovered" bands, wear retro clothes from thrift stores, and only hang around other hipsters. They try to look as though they don't have a lot of money, while still looking trendy. They usually smoke a lot of weed, and use various other drugs. They don't wear any brand name items, or visit at any chain stores. They are sometimes vegetarian or vegan. They are very into "artsy" things. They may be a painter or musician, or a dancer, or have a low-paying job. They try to go for the "starving artist" look. A lot of times hipsters will actually come from wealthy families. They may have gauges, and do not typically wear makeup of any kind. They try to be as "natural" and "organic" as they can. They buy their groceries from either Whole Foods, or Trader Joe's. They are usually very liberal. They often practice Buddhism, or try to be "zen." They also often protest against large corporations, or chemical companies, because "they love the environment." Hipsters try very hard to be hipsters, but if you tell them that they are a hipster, they will deny it, because to them it is a compliment, not a stereotype. They range between 15-30 years old. They are very strongly opposed to "conforming," which to them is anything that anyone else might have, do, or say.

Person: Hey, check out my new phone\! Hipster: I don't approve of technology, it's not natural. You're such a conformist. I'm just gonna go hang out with my other natural friends.

Author: my inner peace http://hipster.urbanup.com/4523343
227. (Hipster) (211↑, 305↓)
A retarded kid who was allowed to dress themselves for the first time.

That guy looks like he is a retarded kid who was allowed to dress himself for the first time. Hipster.

228. (hipster) (197↑, 291↓)
Noun. One who attempts to project originality, intelligence and coolness by opting for ostensibly poor quality, care and coordination of clothing and goods; exerts significant effort maintaining outdated, unattractive mode of dress and hairstyle; feigns or forces personal interest in certain types of music, art and activity with the primarily social intent of promoting the illusion of eccentricity; yet lacks true creative skill, communicative eloquence, stylistic depth, or independently cultivated thought. Common in large and mid-size American urban centers and near universities, typically near gentrification boundaries. Demographically mostly white, middle class, age 20-30, non-professional. (See Silver Lake - Los Angeles; Manhattan/Brooklyn - New York, Austin, San Francisco, Chicago)

Look kids, that hipster girl is wearing Tootsie glasses, bangs, and a mid-thigh sweater from the 1980's, and she's riding a one-speed bike with two flat tires - isn't she interesting?

Author: beverlyfreakinwhite http://hipster.urbanup.com/3935195
229. (Hipster) (39↑, 134↓)
Douche who misunderstands the concept of irony. Often self-righteous, and thinks he/she are cooler than and have a special knowledge above everyone else. Drink PBR for reasons other than the taste. Don't realize that when the counter culture became the main stream culture (in the 60s), being part of the counter culture makes them part of mainstream culture.

"You wouldn't understand, it's a hipster thing." "Oh no, I understand. You're a heterofag that thinks they're better than anyone who doesn't share your exact beliefs."

Author: Guysittinginachair http://hipster.urbanup.com/4353232
230. (HIPSTER) (24↑, 119↓)
A dedicated fan of "The Tragically Hip", the best band in the whole wide world.

The Hipsters were out of control at the concert.

231. (hipster) (229↑, 327↓)
Guys: Physically weak, un-masculine wimps that wear tight girl-jeans and talk about having sex very loudly. Worse than indies. Long, dyed hair under trucker hat. Wannabe intellectuals; think reading the paper once in a while makes them intelligent. Girls: Hard to tell apart form soft-core punk chicks; usually tattooed, and clothed similarly to the guys.

See: Bus stops on Capital Hill in Seattle are 30%-50% hipster populated

Author: UseThisNameOnce http://hipster.urbanup.com/3989528
232. (hipster) (43↑, 142↓)
a person who tries too hard to be "artsy" and "unique". usually will buy an expensive camera and pretend that theyre a photographer. they usually wear a flannel, thick rimmed glasses with no lense, and tight pants. usually has a blog, probably a tumblr. seems cooler online than they seem in real life. most likely likes the movie "500 days of summer" and listens to the band brand new. pretends to "love the beatles" and might be catholic. hipsters will make a huge deal out of the most miniscule problems in their family life in an attempt to make it seem like they have real problems. many hipsters have pop punk bands which will go nowhere in real life, and bring their friends to their shows. at these shows, they will act incredibly stupid on purpose to get attention and to get other hipsters to think that they are funny or cool. these attempts will usually work because hipsters aren't smart. they usually want or have snakebites, lip, an industrial, small gauges, or their nose peirced. in relationships, hipsters will act really gay and make cute presents for each other out of an inside joke that they stole from a movie or another persons idea. they will tell their friends about it to make their friends think that theyre in a perfect relationship when in reality everyone just wants to gag at their fakeness. do not be fooled, hipsters will make it seem like they're cool and insightful, but theyre whiny, obnoxious,and weirdly insecure.

"woah bro\! i really like your flannel\! it really matches your tight pants and thick rimmed glasses with no lense\!" "thanks man i got them from urban outfitters\! you really like it?" "no toolbag, you look like a gay hipster." --- "Do you like Angels and Airwaves?" "No, im not a hipster." --- "i \<3 tumblr" "ew, youre a stupid hipster."

233. (Hipster) (21↑, 130↓)
A group of people that think they're so cool just because they're obsessed with triangles, horn-rimmed glasses and stupid outfits that make themselves look like a freaking hobo. They think that they're so induvidual just because they're ugly and have no lives. They also spend most of their day on the computer updating their blogs with entries such as "I'm listening to _______ by this awesome "hipster band" and drinking coffee from this small coffee shop down the street im soooo hIPSTER\!\!1\!".

Hipster Guy: So you went to see the movie Avatar? Hipster Girl: Yeah it was soooo cool how did you KNOW?\!\! Hipster Guy: Well you blogged about it last week && you're wearing the 3D glasses with the lenses popped out Hipster Girl: Wow you're so deep wanna go to the secondhand store and buy some new clothes, go get coffee and then blog about it?\!\!?\! Hipster Guy: Hella yeah\! Let's go make fun of other people wearing hollister/abercrombie since theyre sooo not hipster like us\!\!

234. (Hipster) (28↑, 137↓)
A word used by white people from suburbia who moved into an urban environment but dislike hip hop, to pass negative judgement upon other white people from suburbia who have moved into the same urban environment, and also dislike hip hop.

"This party is so lame, it's just a bunch of hipsters talking about obscure bands."

235. (hipster) (240↑, 351↓)
see: [Faggot] works at Jamba Juice or Starbucks. also. any idiot that listens to TERRIBLE indie music because it is SOOOO underground and deep/ artsy. Arcade Fire, Stock Market Crash, Black Tie Dynasty etc.. (every song will be identical to the last) attire includes old man clothes. ex: cardigans when clearly said hipster is NOT Mr. Rogers or a girl. stupid fucking fedora hat when hipster is NOT Frank Sinatra. and any article of clothing from a bum or thrift store. similar to grunge kids and equally as retarded. just an all around [dipshit]. Hate away.

Normal person: cool hat D-bag. hipster: i bought it with mommy and daddy's money from a corporation that i constantly bitch about. i'm off to take a shit in my clothes because i heard it's the in thing to.. *BANG* Normal person: That's right bitch.

236. (hipster) (16↑, 128↓)
|hip•stər| noun 1. a highly contagious social disorder based on fear (see 2) 2. a person afraid of being accused of being a hipster 3. a person that knows the definition of hipster esp. after looking it up on urbandictionary.com adjective 1. (of a person or place) slightly negative judgment based on real or perceived pretentiousness

n. 1. "In this late capitalist stage of Americanism in which meaningful culture has virtually been destroyed, hipster is now spreading everywhere to near genocidal proportions." 2. Person one: "You're such an edgy hipster." Person two: "Edgy hipster? You should keep razors away from your legs." 3. "Man, I don't feel like such a loser after reading through over 150 definitions of hipster; after all, bigger ones wrote them." v. 1. "This place, Frjtz, is so fucking hipster. They only plus is that the cute Mexican cashier and I are sustaining homoerotic eye contact."

237. (Hipster) (353↑, 470↓)
16-25 year olds who love indie rock, modern poetry, art galleries, thrift stores, and independent films. Generally they dress in band t-shirts, subdued blazers, and jeans (not too loose or too tight). They have messy (generally) non-dyed brown hair. Not to be confused with [scenesters]. Hipsters are pretty cool besides their snobby pretension, but scenesters are vain idiots. If you're not sure if someone is one way or the other, ask them if they have a [MySpace]. If they excitedly give you their address and go on and on about it, it's a scenester. If they stare blankly it's a hipster.

Hipsters are the same things as [indie kids], by the way.

238. (Hipster) (60↑, 182↓)
A derogatory word fashionable young people use to refer to other fashionable young people that they don't like.

Ugh, John and his friends are such hipsters.

239. (hipster) (353↑, 477↓)
a serious problem on the L train.

lets stand next to these hipsters so when they get off at Bedford we can take their seats.

240. (Hipster) (114↑, 238↓)
Grew up in generic suburbia, USA, and now lives in Brooklyn. Spends hours making hair and clothing look like they just rolled out of bed after an all-night bender.

Let me guess, that hipster over there is from Wisconsin and now lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

241. (Hipster) (157↑, 282↓)
A snapback icon in human form produced in the 80's by the money-and-culture-loving human creations of nonconformist 60's parents. Simply, a way to do nothing to change anything except with superficial differences and on paper while appearing to and channeling energies in that exact same useless direction, like every other generation ever born. Another every 20 year change in same phenomonen in a media cultured floundering society.

00's Hipster: We're so unique 60's Hippie: Not as unique as 'we' were 80's Me gener: What's so special about unique?

242. (hipster) (255↑, 383↓)
A group of people that embrace everything considered "unique" for the sake of being "unique". Drinks chai most of the time and thinks they know everything about Art because they know a few works by Andy Warhol. They usually goto clubs that is in the middle of nowhere because they don't play mainstream music and circle jerk about the fact that they are the only ones that know a particular band and how everyone else in the world is a conformist. Their favorite movies consist of mostly anything by Wes Anderson and any B-movies or other independent films that hasn't been poisoned by the corporate Hollywood, or so they would have you believe. Oh, and they think Bruce Campbell is the best actor in the universe. Hipsters also like to think they are Buddhist despite the fact that they know nothing about it, and to top that off they are usually vegan. They like anything retro and vintage, especially anything to do with the 8-bit generation of video gaming when in reality all they know about video games is Pacman and Super Mario. They like to spend their time on blogs to an invisible audience about their fashion statements and writing reviews of indie music albums and the occasional rant about how their life sucks because their local thrift store isn't open on sundays anymore. Yeah, tell that to the starving AIDS-ridden african kid dying on the other side of the world, dumbass. Perhaps you'd like to trade places? Hipsters also like to think they are environmentally-aware and join facebook/myspace groups that supposedly help fight global warming just because they just reached 200 members (and still counting\!). In a nutshell, just a bunch of fake pompous douchebags that like to think they are unique because they like things that no one has heard of.

Douchebag Hipster kid: My favorite artist is Andy Warhol. Normal person: Oh really? what year was he born? Douchebag Hipster kid: I don't know... (changes conversation)

243. (hipster) (42↑, 172↓)
Liberal 20 something men and women who drink coffee in independently run cafes, drink in dive bars, listen to any awful piece of shit band that isn't popular or even good, and watch foreign "films" all the while condemning anything held popular by the average consumer or "gullible sheeple." They believe that because they dress in thrift store rags, took a few political science classes, and enjoy modern art (aka: $1000 finger paintings) that somehow this makes them better than the rest of society. They often have an extremely lofty opinion of themselves and their opinions to the point of unbelievable arrogance.

1. The author of the first/most popular definition is a prime example of a hipster douche bag.

244. (hipster) (202↑, 332↓)
A continuation of the Bohemian "tradition" originating in France around the turn of the 20th Century. These folks were anti-bourgeois, anti-Victorian, and anti-traditionalist. They were avant-garde artists who disdained what they considered ordinary but ended up in a futile cycle of radical change for the sake of change soon drifting into silliness and nihilism. The Beat Generation and then the Hippie movement tried to pick up this stand of thought and way of life in the mid twentieth century. The existential hero who is cool and detached, not caring what anyone else thinks of him is also a mid century fashion that picked up on this theme. The cool hipster assumes a persona of crass selfishness, irresponsibility, mindless rebellion, cynicism, ironic mocking of anything meaningful or noble, cold reserve, uncaring indifference toward others while paradoxically advocating a politics of compassion toward certain groups favored by leftists, a dull, dumb countenance, and most of all, being constantly out of sorts--a real sour puss. They usually take on a studied disheveled appearance to further the affection of not caring what others think of them. They also prefer to dress in black. Of course, most of these folks are as phony as you can get. They look as though they are dead on the inside--enthusiasm or being earnest or being genuine are completely missing from their emotional repertoire. They shun kindness,loyalty, spirituality, or empathy as uncool.

"Man, like, I dig myself and fuck you, man, like."--An example of a hipster sentence. Complete sentences, of sorts, are few and far between for these folks who are too cool to talk in coherent language.

245. (Hipster) (128↑, 258↓)
Someone too ironic for their own good.

1. Hipsters think Bon Jovi from the 80's is so awesome. 3. Hipster: "Oh my God\! I just love these butt ugly pink sunglasses\!" 4. Hipster: "Let's all go play kickball, and wear short shorts and headbands\!"

246. (hipster) (42↑, 173↓)
Those who turn their skinny-jean-encased-knees inward in order to look awkward. Wearing large black glasses with no lenses in order to take digital photographs then manipulate the photographs using photoshop. Those who wear Toms. These are common accessories of the every day ambient hipster. The guy next to you who wears his headphones around his neck and blasts some obscure band that he will claim you don't know about is a hipster. Notice his skin tight V neck shirt. Vintage clothing ensues. A hipster will most likely never associate him or herself with the word hipster. In fact, he or she may raise their cigarette scented voice in anger in the fact that you are calling them a hipster. This shouldn't scare you because they are, of course, all pacifists and wouldn't dare lay a finger on you. That would dirty up their brand new self designed Toms.

"I don't give two cares what you think, I'm going to be a photographer. I'm going to be a fashion model, in France. I'm going to sit in my room, sip on black tea, and listen to my favorite boy sing my favorite songs. My eyes will be large, and my hair will be long before it becomes very very short. I'm going to take a roadtrip to Elizabethtown, and take polariods at every stop on the way. These are common hipster facebook about me's. I will be as old fashioned as I want to be, and I'm going to change your life, in ten days or less."

247. (Hipster) (49↑, 181↓)
Conformist non-conformists who think by all following the same subculture they're uniquie and original. Usually found listening to Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, Wilco, and the Flaming Lips with oversized headphones or on a vintage record player they picked up as soon as their favorite blogger told them how much greater they sound than CD's or digital downloads. Dress like hobos, even though they are mostly college-educated upper middle class yuppies with a trust fund. Go to great lengths to be viewed as original.

Guy: Dude, why do you look homeless? You're from Westchester. Hipster: Shut up man, I'm deck. Guy: Wait...what bands do you listen to? Hipster: Arcade Fire and Animal Collective, man, doubt you've heard of them. Guy: Yep, you're a hipster.

248. (hipster) (310↑, 442↓)
someone who is confused in all aspects of themselves: style, sexuality, clothing, dudes they fuck, how they dress, guys they kiss, where they shop, what gay clubs they go to.

an ongoing war exists between the hipsters and the metro sexuals to see who is the worst edition to the world....my boy max and dave laveo has waged war with both groups and theyll kill yall bitch asses since 6/27/04

Author: tjmaxxx w/ JOSexesurmomnightly, daveo laveo--male model http://hipster.urbanup.com/1143633
249. (hipster) (75↑, 209↓)
Young [whippersnappers] who go to sleep at night, and wake up in the morning.

Look at those hipsters, they think they're so cool. I bet hang out at indie coffee shops and say cool things like, "Yeah me too," or whatever.

250. (Hipster) (215↑, 350↓)
Black frame glasses wearing, java drinking, converse all-star wearing, bike riding, indie listning, underground club going, white belt and 3 shirt sizes too small wearing, non showering, mommy and daddy grubing, record store working, pabst blue ribbon drinking, smoothie sipping, tight black jean wearing, Williamsburg BK living......Poser

Check out that hipster on line at Smoothie King. I bet he gets a banana mocha cream smoothie cause nobody else is.

Author: Movement against hipsters http://hipster.urbanup.com/1396676
251. (hipster) (66↑, 202↓)
A man/woman who wears tight clothing and will deny being a hipster if asked. Usually listens to esoteric music until a non-hipster does. At rocks shows, stands still with one foot tapping along with the music and there thumbs in there pockets and may or may not subtly nod their head with the beat. Added bonus if in more than one band and has a master's degree in pop-culture.

Male hipster: "I wear woman's jeans." Female hipster: "You're in more than one band? Let's make out." Male/Female hipster: "You drink pino grigio too?\!?\! Let's make out."

252. (hipster) (54↑, 193↓)
a wannabe indie. a hipster is the asshole version of an indie person who cares about fashion and looking "cool".

1: "hey isn't sally indie?" 2: "no, she wishes. she's a stuck up bitch who thinks she's better than everyone else because she likes fashion and photography. im sorry to say, but she's just another hipster." 1: "isn't that similar to an indie person?" 2: "yes, but indie people don't care what they look like to other people, that's why they are independent."

253. (Hipster) (84↑, 223↓)
A hipster is someone who is generally looked upon from an outside perspective as "Indie", but what often makes hipsters distasteful is that they pride themselves on being indie and also define themselves as such. However, they will never admit this.* *Consider this an addition to the other, more detailed definitions.

Person \#1: Man, you are suck a damn hipster. Person \#2: No I'm not, I just only wear clothes that most people don't wear, only listen to bands that most people haven't heard of, and force myself to be interested in the arts because it's cool but most people don't. Person \#1: ...Wow

Author: Isiaac Bernstein http://hipster.urbanup.com/4026667
254. (hipster) (102↑, 241↓)
The sweatervest wearing jackasses at concerts who dont dance and then shake their heads when you bump into them because they are better than you. Often use the word "contrived".

That fucking hipster doesnt realize that life is too short to be cooler than everyone.

Author: Gogol Bordello kicks ass http://hipster.urbanup.com/2664570
255. (hipster) (97↑, 238↓)
Can be spotted making pilgimages to Williamsburg via the L.

they call it billyburg

256. (hipster) (203↑, 346↓)
A hipster is someone who thinks they are non-conformists who are better than everyone else but are actually conformists because they conform to whatever the hip scene tells them too.

That dude is sucha a hipster. (in disgust)

257. (hipster) (391↑, 534↓)
A person, usually in their early to mid twenties, who has what they think is good taste. They read literature about drug use and depression, listen to music that nobody has heard of and think of themselves as beat poets. They wear their jeans too tight and carry around moleskine journals. They write (usually shitty) poetry or engage in some kind of (failing) art form. They pretend to value intellect more than most things, but often are extremely stupid. They complain about society. They like everything that is slightly subversive, like dressing in drag, smoking pot, or grafitti. Anything that requires a real risk, however, is not worth doing. They pretend to care about the environment, but litter. They smoke a lot. They curse a lot. They say they'd like to drop out of college and become a hermit in the mountains, but never do. They pretend to be alienated, but actually fit in so well it's disgusting.

HIPSTER: What do you think of my new pumas? NONHIPSTER: I don't care about your pumas. HIPSTER: That fucking post modern bullshit is exactly what's caused the fucking degradation of the fucking environment. How can you not care, man? NONHIPSTER: I thought we were talking about shoes\! HIPSTER: If you can't see the fucking connection, I don't see why you're worth talking too.

258. (hipster) (851↑, 996↓)
Fresh out of college mid 20’s people who claim to dislike all that is mainstream or popular, which is usually reflected in their taste of indie music and how quickly they’ll shun a group the moment they end up on a soundtrack, TV commercial/show or on the radio. They also dislike mainstream fashion which makes them easily spotted since the guys all wear the higher-then-clam-digger style pants while the girls all wear extremely thick rimmed glasses. (Making them conformist in their own group). The surest sign of a hipster is their dislike for everything corporate so while they may never want to buy anything from a Starbucks, Gap or Pottery Barn, they will have no problem working for them since they always seem to be flat broke and complain about having financial problems, even though they have mom & dad paid BA. Note: Hipsters dislike the title of hispster and are irritated to be called one.

Person: hey, I really like that Garden State soundtrack Hipster: The Shins suck now for letting their song be on that album, how dare they try and make a buck. Person: you’re such a typical Hipster Hipster: I am NOT a hipster\!

259. (hipster) (223↑, 369↓)
Yuppies of the 21st Century. Trendy, Pretentious, indulgent, boring, and leeches of uniquity.

Hipster cn be found by: Walk on Bedford Ave in Brooklyn btwn S5th and Mccarren Park and youll find some

260. (hipster) (51↑, 199↓)
To reconize a hipster is not hard, their hair can only be described as "complicated". To get this effect its at least 2 weeks not washing. They are usaly decked out in American Apparel or Urban Outfitters. Weird, weird, weird personalitys and humouritys. No matter where a hipster is from, they will automaticly feel at home in a big busy city (NYC, Toronto) Hipsters usaly live off there mommy and daddys money because have a job is so main stream. To veiw hipsters in their natural habitats head towards a meuseam, sketchy parts of citys, coffee shops, smoking allowed restrants. Ps. If you happen to want a picture of the Hipsters in action, expect them to give a not smiling, almost scared looking face with a kissy face but not quite.

"That film and those short stories were so comical\! I'm going to email this link to 500 of my closest acquaintances, head up to some thrift shops, grab a chai and then play kickball in a headband and short-shorts..Ugh i fcuking hate how everyone thinks im a hipster\! *sweeps bangs to side dramatically and takes a short drag on a cig*"

261. (Hipster) (51↑, 200↓)
Someone who mimics the incoming trends, and immediately ditches anything that might have been cool two minutes ago. Hipster is the new Bum on the Street look, includes k-mart shoes, moccasins,cardigans,and anything else you can find at a thrift shop. Mob top haircuts. Claims to listen to 80's new wave or indie bands. And Extremely pretentious with their music taste.

yourscenesucks.com with more gaudy accessories than a williamsburg thrift store, this gal uses her daddy's credit card to stay hip\! she is an art school dropout and has no intention of furthering her education. rather, she aspires to become a hairdresser one day; beauty school, here she comes\! please note: this will not actually happen. her taste in music taste changes based upon what's being spun at whatever club is trendy that week. dance music is her absolute fave, but her friends have no idea about her checkered past. once a ska queen, she now works as hard as she can to preserve her fashionable hipster image by mimicking the incoming trends, and immediately ditches anything that might have been cool two minutes ago. this behavior prevents her from forming any individual identity whatsoever. she aspires to work in the fashion industry, and she will- folding clothes at old navy for the rest of her life.

262. (hipster) (98↑, 247↓)
One of the more striking attributes of most modern hipsters, is that while professing to be experts on music and art, they have no idea who the hell Lester Young was. The fact that "Prez" the tenor saxophonist who accomponied Billie Holiday through her last years was the original Hipster, completely escapes them. Lester would not care because he was a far sharper dresser than any of these skinny little white boys... and on top of that he understood the workings of actual intelligent music. God help them if you ask them who Eric Dolphy was. (It should be noted that Dolphy was not so much a hipster, but he is a far more obscure and musically complicated Jazz musician from the early 60s. Lester's prime blowing took place in the 40s and 50s, the hight of real hip cats)

hipster- if you want to hear somthing really wild listen to this... julliard student- I'm sorry, they're just playing three chords on a synth and there's a squeeky mouthed girl cooing over it, I should really be practicing... hipster- I guess you'll just never understand...

263. (Hipster) (5216↑, 5365↓)
You, for reading ironic, pseudo-intellectual dictionary entries on the word "hipster".

"These dictionary entries on hipsters are so comical\! I'm going to email this link to 800 of my closest acquaintances, head to Value Village, grab a chai and then play kickball in a headband and short-shorts."

264. (hipster) (121↑, 273↓)
Hipsters can be easily identified by their excessively portrayed personalities and attitudes of being "too cool for life," as well as their belief that they are "cooler" than others, all of whom in their eyes who follow trends/the mainstream (which is somehow not the same as hipsters following the hipster trend). 97% of all hipsters are hypocrites. Hipsterism is highly contagious and can quickly spread to others if there is a high volume of hipsters present. Thus, if you live in an area with a high density of hipsters, the stores, restaurants, etc. will tend to reflect their tastes/lifestyle. Interestingly, despite being the trendiest of trends, neighborhoods that have suffered from hipsterism have generally increased in property value. Hipsters frequently dress in the same general manner, despite describing that manner has being unique/individual. This usually includes vintage clothing, clothing from thrift stores, ironic clothing, plaid, tight pants, metro-sexual clothing, clothing meant to appear ragged/poor (despite it's wearer being middle to upper-middle class and receiving all their money from wealthy parents in the form of an allowance, rather than working/living in reality), etc. They may also wear unnecessary accessories such as scarves during the summer, sunglasses indoors, etc. Hipsters are also associated with indie music, contemporary art, etc. Unfortunately, their attempts to turn away from the mainstream and "kitsch" to a more bohemian-like lifestyle has ruined much of what they now claim as theirs (ie: indie music is now dominated by a scene and has little to do with the actual music, contemporary art is plagued with over dramatic plays and poor work/weak conceptual ideas, coffee shop atmospheres are ruined by their judgmental attitude towards all non-hipsters, etc.) In essence, the things they helped to build have lost all value and meaning, but that is appropriate to the apathetic, lack of originality that is possessed by all hipsters. Knowing the truth about what they are, most hipsters will deny that they are a hipster. However, it should be noted, there are some people who fit the hipster description and are legitimate in their interests, activities, and lifestyle, but this is extremely rare. Despite their likely denials of being a hipster, and a belief in rugged individuality (which has turned into a conformity apart from "mainstream conformity"), to be a hipster, one must win the approval of other hipsters. Thus, it is impossible for a naturally "non-coo" person to ever achieve hipster status. This of course, is yet another contradiction. Over all, hipsters lead a judgmental, elitist lifestyle, as aforementioned, with a strong conviction in the belief that they are "cooler than life." For some reason, hipsters like Pabst Blue Ribbon, possibly one of the worst, most watered-down beers available... Apparently it's cool to have bad taste, an important detail to remember for any aspiring hipster. If one is at all unsure of whether a person is in fact a hipster, the yuppie/douche test never fails. If the person comes across in any way as a pretentious, hypocritical, yuppie douche, they are probably a hipster.

An example of where to find hipsters: Wicker Park/Bucktown, Chicago

265. (Hipster) (302↑, 454↓)
Human beings incapable of critical thinking. They think they are different than the rest of society, yet they are all the same. They dress the same, and think the same. They think they are unique individuals who express it through art, but they all have no talent and make stuff that 5 year olds can make. They say us normal joes are sheeple, but the truth is they are the real sheeple. Hipsters enjoy telling others how different they are from other hipsters. For example: "oh those guys aren't real punk, they are trust fund punk assholes and aren't working class. Damn hipsters\!" They also like pretending they are poor as stated in my quote. They don't like their parents because living in a nice suburbs is bad to them, and having lots of money isn't fun. They are the main cause of gentrification. They think they're progressive and open minded. They want to show how progressive and open minded they are by going into poor neighborhoods and running the poor people out of there. They end up driving the poor folks out of there, and they'll laugh about it because it's ironic. I pray to God (the one of the judeo-christian tradition you hipsters hate) that the hipster plague will be over soon. Perform performance art on them by getting a post-punk-egyptian-emo CD, cut them up with it, and beat them with those thick noam chomsky books. They'll like it because it's ironic. If you want your kids to not be hipsters, make sure to beat them when they need to, make sure they major in science, business or math, and make sure they don't take pseudo-intellectual classes like "history of postmodernism." Make sure they never learn the word "postmodern" either. Also, be cheap\! When they graduate, make sure you tell them you aren't supporting their asses. You aren't paying 6 figures for rent for a 2x2 sized room that's rotting in San Francisco or NYC. Make sure to tell them how kids in Africa are starving and are the ones who are REALLY suffering, and tell them starving artists aren't suffering at all. Tell them to love America because other places in the world are suffering more than Americans are. Be sure to tell them Europe and Canada suck (they will threaten to move there if you tell them they can't go to an Emo Death Indie band concert) and that there's racism there among other issues, and it isn't a utopia because of it. Make sure to tell them how superior American Football is to hockey and soccer. Hipsters will give me a thumbs down for this definition. I know you will, be ironic and give this definition a thumbs up\! Note: I can't prove it, but I will try to donate $1 to the Society of Saint Vincent De Paul, an organization that helps real poor people world wide (not fake poor people like hipsters), and because it's a Christian organization, hipsters will likely hate it. Please note, event though I hate hipsters, I am accepting (not tolerant\!) of different view points. Except hipsterism. Fight hipsters and poverty by giving this definition a thumbs up\! Ok I lied. As much as I'd like to help the poor, I need to pay for food. So I can't donate to them. But I know I made some hipsters squirm, and for that I am happy. I can just look at your face, thinking to yourself "should i give this definition a thumbs up? I hate Christians, but I love poor people. I also love irony\!"

"man i can't pay rent\! how does that idiot HIPSTER afford to pay his rent by painting lines and dots all day? Let's shop at wal-mart to make ends meet, because we are REAL poor people unlike these douches."

Author: Anti-hipster2K http://hipster.urbanup.com/3154954
266. (hipster) (214↑, 367↓)
Always have the facial expression of contemplating things.

Person: What do you think of this Hipster: (Contemplates and judges)

Author: Gogol Bordello kicks ass http://hipster.urbanup.com/2664584
267. (hipster) (206↑, 360↓)
Someone who uses an unnecessarily large academic vocabulary to talk about the most everyday occurrences such as a movie they've just seen or a piece of art they saw at some indy art gallery. Someone who claims not to be a hipster. Someone who, if you have the misfortune to talk to, you will realize has the concepts of "wittiness" and "stupidity" confused. Someone who overuses the words "ironic" and "brilliant" and also has a tendency to throw in some French. (A whole semester of college French and suddenly they're bilingual)

Oh that girl I just talked to sounded so smart. I thought she was an academic while she was talking to me, but when she was finished talking I realized that she was just describing the sandwich she had for lunch. Look at that guy over there. Look at those thick horn rimmed glasses. I bet you he likes to use big words to talk about the new hipster bar that he's found in Silverlake or Echo Park.

268. (Hipster) (156↑, 313↓)
A pretentious person who thinks s/he is cultured and often superior to others simply because s/he listens to indie music, watches art films, and drinks overly expensive coffee at coffee houses that are often crowded with other hipsters. Most often they possess an economically worthless degree in something like philosophy, liberal arts, or history that they earned at a junior college or satellite university. They waste most of their disposable income on albums, cigarettes, and/or going to crappy shows. They often follow issues surrounding liberal topics and are typically very liberal themselves, often to the point of being very narrow-minded (though they think they're the most open-minded people). They delude themselves to the point of thinking they're more refined than everyone else when they're really just pseudo-intellectuals who need to stop wearing used clothing and take showers more often.

That hipster in my creative writing class always criticizes my poems on technology. That $6 coffee he gets every morning must be rotting his brain.

269. (hipster) (3524↑, 3682↓)
Someone who thinks that they are being "special" and "unique" for liking some underground bullshit no one else cares about. And they pointlessly look down on people who don't know anything about indie culture, because that's the only thing they know anything about. They're quick to call the rest of the world conformists when in reality, they are the ones conforming by partaking in a "too cool for mainstream so i am going to reject it by looking and acting like a grungy asshole" way of life only to seem uber-fashionable. They just end up looking like idiots.

1) Hipster: I won't drink at starbucks, it's too corporate. 2)Non-Hipster: I want a Louis Vitton purse because they are cool Hipster: You're such a conformist, haveing a Louis Vitton purse is so unoriginal. I like my purse I found in the gutter for $4 dollars. Non-hipster: but it's fugly Hipster: yah, but no one else has it. It's completely unique. Non-hipster: that bum over there has something pretty similar though. Hipster: You're ignorant because you can't see the real beauty in life. I don't have time for this, I'm gonna go to my cave of an apartment and listen to some indie rock you've probably never heard of.... Non hipster: You need to see a therapist Hipster: I am my own therapist.

270. (HIPSTER) (289↑, 450↓)
Despite the intent - a total commoner. All the attributes have previously been described. These are the "penguins" of modern youth culture. The real artists and musicians don't generally have much time to be "seen" at bars and coffeehouses.

I really don't care about your 3-chord music, hipster.

271. (Hipster) (341↑, 503↓)
A Hispter is a grown up scene kid. Too old to be a scenester, yet too young to say no to the common trend. Trendy. Grown up sceneyboppers.

Lindsay: Look at that hipster\! OMG. Ashley: Wait. Isnt't that a scenester? Lindsay: No. He was most likely scene at a younger age, but now he's older and on to being hip\! Ashley: Oh. Still pretty much looks the same to me.

272. (Hipster) (39↑, 202↓)
Hipsters, or anti-conformists with track bikes, can usually be found in groups in the center your town or city, whether they be postin' up straight up smokin' some camels, drinking energy drinks or alcohol to get smashed, just chillin', or going on a bike raid reppin' their area . Most OC Hipsters claim to be liberals and are the most ardent activists, sporting their Obama "Change" T-shirts or wearing their Toms shoes (When Toms are purchased an identical pair is sent to children in Africa) without socks (because they are most likely made by exploited children in sweatshops, or they want to show off their ankle tattoo) thinking that their insignificant lives make a difference (out of school and unemployed). OC Hipsters can definitely be identified by their ripped jean shorts, baseball caps, messy hair, vintage clothes, cigarettes, neon sunglasses, tattoos, messenger bags, Deep V-Neck shirts (to show off their chest tattoos) or D-Necks, amply called douche necks. They listen to Indie/Electro bands you've never heard off (and for good reason because most of them sound like white noise) because they want to be unique and different. They hate their parents, but they definitely love their fixed gear bikes, usually adorning them with promotional stickers or bright colors. They use phrases and words like: "postin up", "chillin", "straight up", "forsure", and "down", because normal vocabulary is so cliche.

Jon: " Hey bro, wanna go post up on our fixies with the crew?" Brandon: " Jon, you're such a hipster "

273. (hipster) (51↑, 215↓)
n. adj. from the English "hip" meaning too cool for public school. Anyone beneath the age of 40 who gives a shit about Brian Eno, David Bowie, and Jorge Luis Borges. Typically majors in English, Visual Arts, or Film Studies. Wouldn't be caught dead wearing any shoe other than Vans or Chuck Taylors. Considers local bands no one's ever heard of more important than food and shelter. Considers moving from the suburbs to a former ghetto a justified version of "white flight". Can be seen in abundance in Portland, Oregon and Williamsburg, Brooklyn; and to a lesser extent Austin, Texas and Athens, Georgia.

I used to like The Flaming Lips, but my HIPSTER friend suggested that Cat Power was more my speed.

Author: Camp Lickalotta http://hipster.urbanup.com/2915832
274. (hipster) (600↑, 765↓)
A "hipster" is what "hipsters" call other "hipsters" to detract attention away from their own "hipsterness." A "hipster" was once the word du jour for cool and hip people, but now that its uncool and unhip to be hip and cool, it's what unhip and uncool hip cool people call other hip cool people so that we might not be confused with hip cool people. Cause that would be unhip. Dig?

"Hipsters suck." -- Chuck Klostermann. "I can't stand hipsters." -- Zach Braff "I just wish this whole hipster subculture would die." -- Wes Anderson

275. (hipster) (48↑, 216↓)
A subculture of disaffected twenty-somethings that are characterized by their fickle attitudes toward basically everything. Their chronic un- or under-employment gives them plenty of time to listen to music, visit obscure art galleries, drink lots of coffee and alcohol, chain smoke, and read independently-published newspapers and magazines. By the time they figure out what they want, they've already onto something else because what they want might be what someone else wants and they don't want to identify with that person(s). You won't find them at suburban shopping malls. Try looking in the trunk of an AMC Hornet.

"Well, what've we got ourselves here, another hipster, eh?"

Author: Shattered Dreams http://hipster.urbanup.com/2901276
276. (hipster) (21↑, 190↓)
see [non hipster]. today's 2008 hipster definition has flipped around. the hipster these days is the normal average everyday walmart/starbucks shopper. walmart is bigger than jesus. he drives a normal car, listens to normal mainstream rock and pop, hangs out at the mall and starbucks, eats mcdonalds and applebees.he lives a predictable and forgettable life. because punk and emo have become so prominant in the last few years. the normal guy is now considered the hipster because there are only a few of them left. the hipster insults punk kids, art kids, indie kids, coffeeshop kids, [pretentious] psuedo intellectuals because the preppy 2008 hipster kid thinks he is normal, average everyday, and cool. today's hipster is a college kid getting drunk from using his rich parent's money and whining about liberals. he is too [passive aggressive] to do it in person so he goes online to insult art kids, liberals, anything anti mainstream, booksmart people. he is [showy] with his parent's money because his parent's are rich yuppie hipsters by this definition.

Today's definition of hipster has really turned around. i'm part new definition hipster and part old. i admit, i like some indie stuff everyone considers pretentious and some mainstream stuff people think is too poppy. i shop walmart, starbucks and drive an suv and i eat at some underground mom and pop shop and hang out with artists and punks and conservative people. my favorite food is mcdonalds. i wear thick framed glasses but alot of brand names from Express and Addidas and the buckle. asics are my favorite shoe. i like underground experimental art and some mainstream summer blockbuster movies. i listen to heavy metal, gangsta rap, indie, pop top 40, punk, death metal, country noir, britney spears, broken social scene, classical music, film score, trip hop and neo soul, and rock. i graduated college and have money from a career in graphic design making mainstream commercial ads and logos.

277. (Hipster) (201↑, 373↓)
A group of people who try way too hard, this subculture can be identified by males who wear skinny clamdigger jeans, ironic t-shirts, and sneakers that were only made prior to 1976. And females in thick glasses. Hipsters reject everything "mainstream" and conformist even though they are the most judgemental and conformist group in many cities. They fall over each other in attempts to be the nerdiest looking nerd in the group and are willing to deal with extreme pain and discomfort from wearing skinny jeans in order to fit in and conform to the hipster look.

Hipster 1: Look at those conformist losers drinking their Starbucks coffees. Hipster 2: Yeah, they suck. They probably listen to mainstream music. Hipster 1: Totally. Hey where did you get your new skinny jeans and ironic Atari T-shirt? I want a pair just like them so I can be just like you and fit in amongst the hipster crowd. Hipster 2: You can't buy them, as I got them at the thrift store along with my ironic T-shirt and these thick-rimmed glasses.

278. (Hipster) (82↑, 255↓)
Hipsters are akin to posers. The age range generally is between the ages of 17-25. Hipsters tend to listen to random indie bands that no one has ever heard of just to try an act cool amongst their friends even if the music isn't good at all. Hipsters are usually smug and think that they are on a higher plateau than that of their peers. When attending school hipsters usually have the "Pocahontas" backpack just to try and be different. Hipsters also try to rebel by smoking cigarettes in a circle of a large group of people whether or not the people in that circle are smokers, they just think that it gives them that edginess and coolness that they so desperately strive for. In summary Hipsters can be classified as a hybrid of a douchebag and poser who tries to act cooler than everyone around them and will convince themselves that they are the only one that matters.

Casual Wear: Dark thick rimmed glasses, short hair (possibly styled), wears clothing with stripes all the time, they will only wear converses. Ways to use "Hipster" in a sentence I'm wearing a polo, I hope I don't get taken for a Hipster. Look at that group of Hipsters, all of them with the same shirt but just a different color.

279. (hipster) (57↑, 230↓)
The current “hipster” probably has nothing to do with the older iteration of “hipster”; it’s just another part of the “retro” trend that they’ve borrowed the old name. Or maybe it was applied to them, by people who remember the negative connotations of the old name; I’m not sure where it came from. In actuality I think this one is just the revision of the yuppie (young urban professional) of my generation (Gen X), except that a lot of hipsters don’t work in traditional professional jobs because they’re fashionably anti-capitalist. If they work, they’re freelancers. Many are wealthy enough to avoid working anyway — solidly middle/upper-class background with generous parents; a lot of accumulated generational wealth (I knew one who’d had a condo deeded to her as a college graduation gift); a trust fund; whatever, though it’s unfashionable to talk about their wealth so they often plead poverty and move into the poorest neighborhoods to be cool (which usually triggers a wave of gentrification in their wake). Also includes, in New York at least, a lot of trust fund kids from overseas, due to the strength of the Euro, and many of them have been stepping in the deepest piles of racism because they don’t really get the nuances here. (Doesn’t stop them from trying, though.) But basically, the current hipsters are the liberal twentysomethings of this generation, who are usually ham-handed in their liberalism (they’re anti-capitalist and anti-establishment, yet they don’t understand gentrification or their role in it; those who do understand don’t care), and who are constantly in search of new frontiers of whatever — drugs, real estate, sex, fashion. Otherwise they’re just as superficial and self-absorbed as any other twentysomethings. Usually white, as the yuppies were; I haven’t yet heard any PoC derivatives of yuppie, like buppie. They’re usually careful to include a token BBF or PoC in their circle of friends, though, so that they don’t appear racist. If PoC are lacking, they’ll take gay people.

see hipster

280. (Hipster) (81↑, 257↓)
1. A self-aggrandizing piece of hypocrisy. 2. Consumer. 3. A sector of the "enlightened" mass culture.

See all definitions pointing to pro-Hipster "movement", paying particular attention to definition number 19.

281. (hipster) (231↑, 408↓)
You know that guy that works at [starbucks] has a carefully constructed 'i don't care' hair cut, seems perpetually disenchanted with society, politics, his work, everything everyone else does, over estimates his own intelligence and feels cheated in life, acts like he's broke, but gets hand outs from his well-off parents, studies a useless subject at university, and models himself on Seth from the [OC]? Yeah, total hipster.

Hipsters tend to pride themselves on obsure popular culture references and go to great lengths to formulate a pretentious scruffy look which actually requires great care.

282. (hipster) (137↑, 314↓)
Best known for walking out of an [Urban Outfitters] Catalogue. Female Hipsters tend to wear either 1. Leggings 2. Super skinny jeans 3. ballet flats 4. over sized sunglasses 5. and/or sporting a haircut with some kind of angled bang. Male hipsters are usually spotted wearing: even skinnier skinny jeans 2. iconic t-shirts 3. some subtle accessory like a leather bracelet or aviator glasses 4. and slightly tousled hair, that looks styled but greasy. (giving the illusion of not caring) They are best known for being super exclusive and elitist and looking down on those who follow the trends dictated by the mainstream. They also seem to miss the entire irony of how they buy thrift store" clothing from department stores. Just feeding into the "mainstream" culture of consumerism that they claim to be countering. But getting to the heart of hipster culture, it should be understood that true hipsters care a lot but they don't care. I.E. it’s all about the image. They spend obscene amounts of time calculating their outfits, the bands they like, and the hobbies that they're into. However, they have to pretend that all of it bores them, and that it comes naturally... because only the coolest hipsters don't try, yet still manage to be subversive and hip. They also tend to be seen in obscure [Indie] concerts, in their own bands, being DJ's, owning or working at "subversive" yet lucrative businesses like t-shirt printing shops, chain smoking, shopping at [Urban Outfitters] or [H and M], attending liberal arts colleges, or playing competitive dodge ball (because it’s so lame its cool)

The Thoughts of a Hipster: if its "cool" its lame, and if its dorky its amazing\! Therefore the hipest things ever have to be Mullets, Knee socks, and Barney the Dinosaur\!

283. (hipster) (97↑, 274↓)
teenager to twenty something who like to hang out in local coffeehouses and art gallerys, and think they're better then everyone else because they're not mainstream. They like vintage clothing and anything that looks like it's been sitting in a closet for upward of twenty years.

"That girl is such a hipster, she wouldn't be caught dead at a Shins' concert."

284. (Hipster) (47↑, 225↓)
A "Hipster" is a person who insists on having an opinion outside of what is actual. They like to define things that do not need an exact definition, like why Kings of Leon or U2 are popular. They hate being called "Hipster" and will deny they are hipster. They wear often wear a scarf with a jacket and hat, even when it is not cold enough to wear them. They often listen to music too loud and too inappropriate for the situation. They like going to local concerts to watch really bad bands play extremely long songs which really suck. They often listen to Mars Volta and other bands that suck. They will often watch independent movies and claim that they are the "best movies ever" and especially like Donnie Darko and other works by Richard Kelly. They are often confused culturally and like to associate themselves with things they do not actually belong to. They also ask you to turn down your volume, so that they can hear without interference.

Donnie Darko Fans, Mars Volta Fans, Guys who can't grow beards but insist that they have good ones, People who drink one beer and then act drunk the rest of the night, People who leave music on intentionally while they are not around to hear it, Anti-American Americans, Hipsters like to use really big words that do not fit, and like to put credit where it is not due, Hipsters will say things like "Spielbergian" or "Michael Bayesque" instead of "Good Movie" or "Good special effects"

285. (Hipster) (264↑, 443↓)
A subculture of twenty-something guys or girls that live in gentrified areas of large cities (Williamsburg, New York, Wicker Park, Chicago) who aesthetisize their life as a means of justifying their existence by shopping at thrift stores, hanging out at used book stores and listening to [indie] music that has not yet been picked up by the mainstream. Hipsters generally drink a lot (Pabst Blue Ribbon), smoke a lot (Parliament Lights) and usually went to college majoring in art, philosophy, or English. Recently, there has also been a trend of hipsters that pursue majors in the hard sciences. The easiest way to spot a hipster is by the way one is dressed. A typical hipster guy will probably be wearing trendy skinny jeans made by Levi's and a tight, old t-shirt with some Chuck Taylors. Their hair ranges from medium to long and is usually a little messy and parted to the side. A typical hipster girl will also wear skinny jeans, paired with wedges or other cutesy shoes and an eighties-inspired shirt with a strategically-placed bandanna somewhere in the mix. Their hair is very cute. While hipsters enjoy elements of the indie aesthetic like unknown bands, thrift store clothes and appreciation of art (indie films, contemporary art, beat writers of the 50's), they also can appreciate mainstream things (i.e. Justin Timberlake). However, they will usually justify their tastes by claiming to like whatever the mainstream thing is in irony.

Hipster \#1: God, I love this new Justin Timberlake song\! Hipster \#2: I know\! It's like, hilarious because he's so ridiculous, but I can't help but listen to it over and over again\! Hipster \#1: I know...can I bum a P-funk?

286. (hipster) (45↑, 225↓)
Someone who likes to follow that hype. But not to be confused with the hypebeast. He/she follows the opposite of the hypebeast hype. Usually into some weird retro look. Wears Vans most of the time. Probably plays guitar. 10 out of 10 times a hipster is gay.

Christine: Yo do you have a fedora Adam: No why would I? Christine: Just figured you would since you are a hipster. Adam: oo truz

287. (hipster) (135↑, 315↓)
Generation Y person born between about 1977 or 1978 and 1993 with yuppie parents who separates themselves on a pedestal from the rest of humanity due to their artistry and misery. This includes the subcategories of emo. This is what hippies were to the baby boomers-a rebellious gesture that is in actuality very unrealistic and became commercialized. In the same way that hippies and later punks stemmed, though in different ways, from the pursuit of materialism, hipsterness and its child of emoness stem from the search to be unhappy. Most hipsters as children were so provided for and sanitized that they have never experienced real need and unhappiness, and don't blame materialism because they have no knowledge of money and how it is used due to their parents. Most hipsters were born in the latter half of Generation Y, between 1985 and 1993. All are liberals, though they usually don't have any clue as to the reality of what they're talking about, and are either obsessed with politics or hold some stupid theory about how the beauty and sadness of life (etcetera, etcetera) is more important than politics, and they listen to only very cutesy, brainlessly stylized, confessional music without any honesty, only hipness. They cluster in certain areas like the South End in Boston and the Lower East Side/Alphabet City and Williamsburg in New York. Many are trustafarians, and all either adamantly reject or endorse drug culture, though next to none are in between.

Man, look at all those hipsters wearing scarves and acting better than everyone\! These people are going to have control of this country some day....wait. I'm going to shoot myself.

288. (hipster) (43↑, 224↓)
A insecure label, that a snobby young creative ([bohemian]) uses to call other young creatives snobby.

"Oh, this coffee shop is too overrun with hipsters. I'm going back to mine to read Catcher in the Rye with an espresso."

Author: SarumanTheChef http://hipster.urbanup.com/4233761
289. (Hipster) (49↑, 231↓)
Hipsters are people doing anything more modern and/or trendy than I am. Old farts are people doing anything less modern and/or trendy than I am. The trick is to somehow monitor your lawn for the former while partying on the lawn of the latter.

Get off my lawn you f*ck'n hipsters\!

Author: Joe Nyarlathotep http://hipster.urbanup.com/3258332
290. (HIPSTER) (244↑, 427↓)
The personification of insecurity, brattiness and bizarre sense of entitlement.

The prevalence of hipsters in a neighborhood is an indicator for gentrification.

291. (hipster) (157↑, 341↓)
the whole subculture is at best a misguided resignation to irony and at worst a conscious attempt at absurdist elitism.

That hipster over there is laughing for all the wrong reasons at Blazing Saddles.

Author: king kong NINJA http://hipster.urbanup.com/2027807
292. (Hipster) (216↑, 400↓)
Someone who spends a lot of money to dress like they don't have any.

[Julian Casablancas] is the king of all hipsters.

293. (hipster) (97↑, 286↓)
a member of the hipster/indie subculture. secretly, a hipster's main goal is to be superior. denies the fact that he/she is pretentious while looking down upon the less hip person who suggests the fact. the arts: fashion, music, literature, fine art. said things are more hip if they are foreign. when discussing music, must claim to prefer oldest album to show that the discovery of musician was not recent. favorite writers include Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jack Kerouac, Jean Paul Sartre. wants to major in art or philosophy, then travel the world. academia: politics, history, current affairs, pop culture. must heavily mock conservative Republican politicians. criticizes historical events and mistakes while discussing and criticizing current national and world affairs. makes approximately ten obscure pop culture references per minute. virtually a human-wikipedia. pastime: attends shows, creates abstract art, discusses foreign policies, quietly drinks coffee at Starbucks while reading Animal Farm and listening to A Tribe Called Quest with large headphones. often brings along Macbook to update Flickr with warm-green-tinted photos of friends standing in wheat fields. carries cheap wine around at parties and drinks straight out of the bottle. hipsters deny that they are hipsters and mock other hipsters for being hipsters. most everyone who can define the word "hipster" probably actually belongs to the hipster subculture in one way or another.

hipster1: let's drink a Pabst Blue Ribbon every time Sarah Palin says "maverick." hipster2: okay. i'm already annihilated

Author: Belle and Sebastian http://hipster.urbanup.com/3411392
294. (hipster) (94↑, 283↓)
Privileged, self absorbed, in denial, white, pretentious, judgemental, think they are knowledgeable of art and politics, conformists, only like people who look like them, manorexic, lack societal participation, consumers,

Person: Hey, who are those pretentious, white, priveledged, self absorbed, consumers that all look the same and have eating disorders? Other Person: Hipsters.

Author: freddy fingers http://hipster.urbanup.com/3155698
295. (hipster) (104↑, 293↓)
In the 1940s and 1950s it meant beatniks, bohemians, people into jazz and poetry, pushing the extremes when it came to sex and substance abuse, etc. etc. Today it means what [poseur] meant in the 70s/80s - an insult for pseudo intellectual young people who claim to be into obscure pop culture of the past and are into co-opting cool stuff, and adopt white trash chic like trucker hats or Pabst Blue Ribbon, While being a 21st century hipster is preferable to being a [gangsta], [wigger], or [yuppie], it's still nothing to be proud of today. There is a book called "The Hipster Handbook" that made up fake "hipster" slang thinking that someone would fall for it The only thing in common between the hipsters of the mid 20th century and those of today is that both are associated with New York City

Jack Kerouac was an example of a 1950s hipster. Julian Casablancas is an example of a 21st century hipster

296. (hipster) (99↑, 289↓)
a person who is pretentious about being not pretentious

hipsters are dandies

297. (hipster) (99↑, 290↓)
argues about which is thinner, their bike tires or their pant legs.

My architectural studies class is full of hipsters.

298. (hipster) (116↑, 307↓)
a hipster is usually a person with a ivy league education who choises to live off their parents money in a poor section of the city they stand out with their out of date fasion sense and their lack or urban grace and street smarts hipsters have been known to ruin sections of the city through gentrification.

Bedford avenue and n.7th street is the hipster capital

299. (hipster) (159↑, 355↓)
Superficial substance. Trying to be the ultimate 'cool and original' person. Backwash individuals who lack complete personality, having the need to grasp onto vintage or unique items: clothing, accessories, music, etc. Having an unusual name can help.

"These totally unattractive sunglasses will surely be popular." "How exciting, plaid is my favorite color." "Balderdash, I've always wanted to be an orphan."

300. (hipster) (79↑, 276↓)
people who claim to be "artsy", but use that as a facade to hide the fact that they killed it.

Those hipsters suck.

301. (hipster) (116↑, 320↓)
Eurotrash sixteen year olds who have less than 2% body fat because they use the money that they'd be spending on food to purchase designer clothing.

Vlad: I was gonna take my G/F out to dinner before prom, but we spent all our dough at the Diesel and FCUK stores. Wade: Dude, you're such a fucken hipster.

302. (Hipster) (106↑, 311↓)
The ultimate consumer, the best answer to a capitalist society. Buys things solely because of trends and claim they don't. Ironically A generation who has sold out real ideals, for the short-term comfort of being in trend, on every area from clothing to "ideals". In other words; fucking twats who have given up on the world, fooled by society to believe they're saving it by buying locally produced food and shopping at thrift stores. Ironically.

Hipster: Hey, Bill', heard about this new band/song/brand/store/ideology? It's so rad, I'm going to go consume it now. Bill: Or you could just come join the revolution you know. Just saying.

303. (Hipster) (37↑, 242↓)
n. (1) A young or youngish person who, in matters of social, musical, sartorial and professional taste, considers himself or herself to be "post-ironic" (i.e. believes that neither social practices nor social commentaries are worthwhile pursuits) while blowing off the problem that no such thing as an ironic gesture about irony can actually exist. (2) An individual who exhibits outward personal signs of late-capitalist malaise about one's inexorable and total involvement in standard-normative fields of production and consumption.

Hipsters typically exhibit a variety of self-reflexive and tragicomic symptoms, including: Retro fashion / Denial of identity / Embrace of outward poverty while retaining a measure of affluence / Rigid standards of social, professional, and political flexibility / Joyous self-realization in sadness / Personal fulfillment in the realization of non-transcendent gestures

304. (hipster) (167↑, 374↓)
Q: Why do hipsters suck at karate?

A: Because a hipster can't get past the white belt\!

305. (hipster) (38↑, 246↓)
Half of the students at NYU. Hipsters are mostly seen hanging around Gallatin, but can be found in Tisch or CAS occassionally as well. Think coffee and Monk's seem to be some of their hangouts, and after midnight on weekends, they swarm St.Mark's.

That guy with the checkered scarf, white v-neck tee shirt he wears every day, black skinny jeans and converses, and his girlfriend with the short hair, side-swept bangs, white and black striped glasses and a bag with a pop art design of Nietsche that you see coming off the L train from Williamsburg with their ipods and their small deli coffee, smoking a fancy cigarette. Those are hipsters.

306. (hipster) (83↑, 291↓)
I define "hipsters" as poseurs who are immitating people who are actually hip, or at least who they perceive to be hip. A hip person typically has some degree of fashion sense, and a good example of the difference between this and a "hipster" is how a hip person might buy articles of clothing from the Salvation Army because they're cheap and/or unique, whereas a "hipster" would shop at some sort of boutique that sells exclusively fashionable vintage clothing and pay 10 times as much for more or less the same items. A hip person is cognitive of what styles are fashionable, and finds a style that suits his or her self, but doesn't necessarily have to be wearing exclusively non-mainstream vintage or designer articles. A hipster either copies a hip person, the other hipsters he knows, or whatever he sees in "Vice" magazine. A few fashion items are always acceptible regardless of how much of a poseur you are or aren't: Chuck Taylors, black hoodies, tight pants, etc. A hip person might look hung over or like they just got out of bed, but if they do, it's because they really are hung over and just got out of bed. A "hipster" might spend considerable effort faking that look by messing up their hair and intentionally wearing wrinkled clothes. A telltale sign of a hipster douchebag is that he or she is clearly "trying" to be fashionable. They often overaccessorize with some sort of scarf, hat, or outlandish shoes, and put a great deal of effort into making sure everything matches. A hip person most likely is an avid listener of music, but doesn't particularly care how others judge his or her taste. He or she might listen to anything, sometimes including things that were once, or even are currently, mainstream. A "hipster" contrives his or her music collection to be seen by others as cool and "indie". They love vinyl records. Crappy music seems cool to them as long as they listen to it on vinyl, and especially if it's some sort of rare recording that they can be sure no one else they know owns. If you asked a hipster whether he cared if people thought his music collection was cool, he would say "no", but he would be lying. They care. In fact, the defining trait that seperates legitimate cool people from hipster douchebags is that truly hip people genuinely don't care what other people think of them, or maybe acknowledge it a little bit but don't base their whole persona around it. Hipsters are obsessed with this fact, and build their entire personalities in an effort to make it look like they also don't care. They want, just as much as normal people, to fit in. A really hip person just naturally fits in because he or she has a likable personality and is fun to be around. All hipsters hate other hipsters and consider them to be phonies, and no hipster will ever admit to being one even if they fit all of the stereotypes.

True story: I was recently at a thanksgiving party where a lot of food was being served. The skinny, pale, threadbare sweater and tight pants-clad hipster-looking guy who had been putting on music all evening walked into the room. People weren't talking much at the time because their mouths were full, and hipster douchemaster sweater guy decided the room wasn't sociable enough for him, said "This room sucks", turned, and walked away. He could have just walked away, but he felt he had to verbally pass judgment on the room's occupants to make sure he seemed superior to them. What a dick.

307. (hipster) (48↑, 256↓)
1. a dilettante with consequential views on fashion 2. a white person on the L train between Union Square and Lorimer

hipsters are found in esoteric music venues jaw dropping to bad music

308. (hipster) (610↑, 818↓)
1. the next step in evoluton from emo, (i.e. [emo]) 2. twenty-something stroketard whose style of clothing conflicts with their demeanor, thus resulting in a spicy psudeo-intellectual with more flavor-of-the-month conversations than a long island prostitute.

If I here one more three syllable word outta you, I'm gunna paint this diner with your hipster BLOOD\!

309. (Hipster) (92↑, 303↓)
1. someone who thinks they are cooler than everyone else even though their clothes look like they come from the Salvation Army. Hipsters usually migrate towards Williamsburg because its their "mecca of art and everything cool" even though they themselves are not cool. Hipsters usually reside in the up and coming condos and pay outrageous rent all the while trying to maintain that "poor artist" facade. Their clothes look like they made it themselves. Hipsters listen to music no one else has heard of and are often times dirty, smelly, and an eye-sore. They need to get themselves a cheeseburger because their way too skinny and move out of our neighborhoods. ONLY eat organic/vegan meals. Hipsters are primarily voting for Obama because hes cool.Hey Manhattan, stop moving to Brooklyn\!

In a supermarket: "Yea, um, where can I find the all-natural organic, no perservatives, no sugar fat-free ice cream?" "I am listening to ______ and watching Trainspotting. I'm so cool." "I dont like conformists. I like to be unique and stand out and not be associated with anything corporate." "What's that your drinking?" "Starbucks." "Starbucks is a corporate company/brand dumbass." "I'm not a conformist, I'm a hipster."

310. (HIPSTER) (135↑, 352↓)
someone, usually a teenager or 20something, who adheres to a counterculture ranging from indy-rockers to neo-hippies to skaters. they tend to define themselves by the music they listen to, and the outlandish clothes they wear. hipsters are opposed to other countercultures like goths, metal-heads, and gangstas, and they also avoid preps, eurotrash, white trash, and jocks

question: why does he only listen to bands that are never played on the radio? answer: he's a hipster

311. (Hipster) (45↑, 263↓)
Not to be confused with Scenester (largely involved with emo, hardcore, and post-hardcore) or Indie-Rocker (self-explanatory), hipsters are normally thin middle class 18-25 year olds who listen various styles of independent music, which is rarely rock oriented (though nu-grunge, nu-psych, and metal are making a comeback). The female fashion ranges from largely thrifted vintage looking clothing to elaborately designed obscure fashion designers (Dries, Anne D, etc.); the men often use similar styles, wearing tapered jeans most of which are black (though sagged dropped crotch jeans are the new thing), oversized shirts (opposite of the misnomer that extremely tight t-shirts are hipster, as they are definitively scenester), dress shoes or high top sneakers and large rimmed glasses. Politically hipsters are generally apathetic, but recently as the hipster bible Vice has shifted politically from the right to the left, the hipster mass has followed. The rise of 90s revival culture has also brought back the use of marijuana and X and has replaced cocaine, though the ever popular PBR and American Spirit Cigarettes remain popular. Overall, hipsters can be characterized by their relatively carefree and iconoclastic lifestyles, their adherence to debauchery and sexual freedom, and the intake of drugs and alcohol.

I went to the juke club and to my surprise, the place was filled with hipsters.

312. (hipster) (65↑, 284↓)
Primary indication of membership in [Fauxhemian] society: placeless pretentiousness. This is followed closely by wearing clothes that don't look good on you, or anyone, because it's "cool," right alongside being critical and then hypocritical about whatever you were criticizing in someone else, often in the name of "[irony]." Secondary indications of self-election to [doucheoisie] status include a fondness for the non-non-mainstream Pabst Blue Ribbon, more commonly referred to as [PBR], and feigning delight in subpar bands just because the mainstream has never heard of said bands. (Probably with good reason.)

[Hipster douchebag] [tweet]s: "Wow, I can't believe that person tweets so much\! Don't they have a life?" [Hipster douchebag] gets a crappy haircut for the [irony] of it after criticizing a coworker or social acquaintance's bad haircut the day before.

313. (Hipster) (100↑, 322↓)
The spoiled, sheltered youth that prance around with their fancy scarves pretending to be bohemians and such. The modern equivalent of the "college rock alternative kids" of the 90's. Hipsters don't stand for a damned thing, just their own fashion and image. All of the music is just a bunch of bullshit about their high school level emotions or some dumb bitch that made them go "waaa waaa". There is so much bullsh*t in this society in the past and today and none of them will just grow balls and stand up to challenge anything. They would rather just walk around smugly thinking that their B.A. makes them great thinkers and artists while they withdraw from the world that actually needs change. Until they actually do something to help our culture and stop sitting around like a bunch of damned pussies whining and playing shit music, they are just in the way to be honest.

Hippies at least had the balls to stand up for something. Now the kids are too busy with their Iphones and Facebook. What a bunch of silly, immature bullshit\!\!\! -This definition was not made by me, but by a user on Yahoo Answers named Ol' Flappyjack McGee. I definitely agree with his definition of hipster.

314. (Hipster) (125↑, 350↓)
Hipster: (up-to-date summer 2009) Used to be a pure American phenomenon but is now quickly spreading through the monster that is corporate advertising. Hipsters are people who THINKS they are the counter culture, usually in the 20s sometimes into their late 30s. Usually have poor speech abilities and are easy to intimidate. They are not the counter culture/ revolution because they are just as consumerist as ever, the only thing that makes them unique is that they are self loathing in true nature. Their clothing consists of bright mismatched colors and or ironic t-shirts and almost always tight jeans and fresh kicks. Sometimes they can be spotted walking around with factory made silkscreen frames around art schools. Glasses is not a requirement by if they wear a pair is always going to be a pair of dark framed plastic designer glasses. Hair is not as strict as well now that more people are negatively judging hipsters, many hide their true hipster by mixing it up. Iconic "bangs" are now disappearing as most hipsters don't want to be judged as a stupid fuck at first glance. Hipsters always own a facebook page and have tons of pictures of themselves on their profile, shot/photoshop with artsy yet cheesy mentality in order to be ironic yet gain attention. In short, they are mostly lonely but don't have the balls to fight it. Hipsters can be found congregating at freebie events, especially art openings and so-called indie concerts because they simply are too lazy to work/ get their hands dirty (except when they build up musk for the hipster look/scent) to get money to pay for anything. They are required to own/ride a "fixed gear bicycle" and those who are not up-to-style or are not knowledgeable are likely to be identified quickly and disregarded by the greater hipster community. But this will only make that person even more of a hipster wannabe. High-end hipsters uses their parent's or hard earn intern dollars on Fuji bikes(\hipster$700) or Chrome gear (\hipster100+) while low end hipsters buy SE Drafts (\hipster$300) and bullshit messenger bags(\hipster$20-). They almost ride entirely with no brakes, this is not to be confused with someone trying to be a clown in the circus; they simply wanted the bike to be light and have nothing that can be stolen; which often lead to crashes and permanently damaged knees. Those who are weasels ride "freewheel" and with often front brakes, those are the most self-loathing hipsters that doesn't go all the way but still want to be a hipster. Also, most chop their handlebars so short so they can squeeze through two busses that they can barley control it anywhere even if its a wide open lane. While they are self-described free-thinking intellectuals these hipsters are often off-the-rack as can be, some even dare to buy designer "thrift-store-look" clothing and gears with more often their parent's money than their own. Their musical taste is only there to prove their love for a time that is not their own; 80s music for example. Hipsters are so lost they don't really believe in much of anything or know what to do with their lives so they hope to attach themselves to something that was once "great", usually something weird and alienating but easy enough so they don't have to try too hard to copy (such as Punk). Hipsters are always an art major/drop out at some point and mostly had been an intern at a major city like NYC for some crook commercial "artist". They hang in packs because of their low self esteem and often smoke/drink a certain brand of cigarettes and alcohol but because of recent global scrutiny some are cracking under pressure and begin doubting their own culture, their embarrassment or defiance can be felt through their speech and look; they either go all out on their look and pompous speech or they easily crack under even the slightest visual scrutiny by a passer-by. to be continually updated until hipsterdom is history...

Did you see what that mutha-fucking hipster did just now? He just got on his fucking hip-wagon of a bike by flipping his twig of a leg wrapped in skin tight jeans over those fucking tiny handle bars, what a fucking loser.... look\! he tripped on his own bike hahahahaha\!

Author: singleservingfrd http://hipster.urbanup.com/4206450
315. (Hipster) (303↑, 528↓)
A pretentious person who thinks s/he is cultured and often superior to others simply because s/he listens to indie music, watches art films, and drinks overly expensive coffee at coffee houses that are often crowded with other hipsters. Most often they possess an economically worthless degree in something like philosophy, liberal arts, or history that they earned at a junior college or satellite university. They waste most of their disposable income on albums, cigarettes, and/or going to crappy shows. They often follow issues surrounding liberal topics and are typically very liberal themselves, often to the point of being very narrow-minded (though they think they're the most open-minded people). They delude themselves to the point of thinking they're more refined than everyone else when they're really just pseudo-intellectuals who need to stop wearing used clothing and take showers more often.

That hipster in my creative writing class always criticizes my poems. That $6 coffee he gets every morning must be rotting his brain.

Author: Mr. Tnom Snrub http://hipster.urbanup.com/3310021
316. (hipster) (1778↑, 2005↓)
The modern Bohemians. A mid-twenties person who works at a low paying job, is interested in "Artsy things" Hipsters tend to swarm around the determined "Hipster" part of town, ex. Wicker Park in Chicago. Hipster Ladies should have short hair and wear thrift shop clothes and Male Hipsters should be anemically skinny to let people know that they are poor and cant afford enough food.

When I grow up I want to live in a studio apartment in Wicker Park and work at Starbucks, it would be cool being a Hipster.

317. (hipster) (107↑, 338↓)
drinks a lot of [pabst blue ribbon] and coffee, smokes parliaments, has a septum ring, listens to indie rock and some classic rock and hip hop such as the wu tang clan and [talib kweli]. goes to art school. wears square scarves and plaid fannel shirts. interested in photography, art, and foreign films. likes to go to hipster clubs and dance to girl talk all night. girls: dramatically side swept bangs, oversized sunglasses or regular fake glasses, super skinny jeans with keds. might possibly have large ear gauges. wears berets. boys: slightly long messy hair that hasn't been washed in two weeks, wears nike dunks, has a chest tattoo with some dumb saying in latin, probably an alcoholic

from my personal experience with all my hipster friends, they really like PBR and 40s.

318. (hipster) (68↑, 299↓)
1. Person in their 20s who listens to underground music, wears thrift store fashions, and shows interest in art. As an inherently [counter-culture] group, many border on annoying when discussing mainstream topics. 2. Derogatory slang for "person who is not me, who bears tangential similarity to a member of a youth movement from 10 years ago", used by people whose minds are older than their bodies. Contemporary update of [hippie]. 3. Word favored by people who like to use big words that have no actual meaning. See: [pretentious], [pseudo-intellectual], [overrated], [elitist], &c. The one word these people clearly do not know: [irony]

1. I saw this hipster fellow in a coffee shop the other day. 2. That young whippersnapper over there is quite a hipster. Now where did I put my dentures? Oh wait, I'm only 35. 3. That establishment is for hipsters\! Pretentious pseudo-intellectual hipsters at that\!

319. (hipster) (228↑, 462↓)
modern term for organized counter culture, ie. not really counter culture at all, just a manifestation of posers desperate for a purpose.

as a result of acting like a douche bag, mary adopted a hipster persona, hoping it would make her seem not like a worthless sack.

320. (Hipster) (302↑, 537↓)
A faggot that thinks their cool by wearing black and "avoids" the main stream. Dies hair a lot and kinda gay and douchy

i saw a hipster a hot topic looking a skinny leg jeans

Author: ihatesecny-wenies http://hipster.urbanup.com/4005128
321. (hipster) (259↑, 502↓)
the hipster mecca is in williamsburg brooklyn. it's a subculture of kids born in the 80's. it started with mutton chops & buddy holly glasses, but has now progressed progressed into trucker caps, pointy shoes, and the god awful rehash of the mullet. typically, hipsters are "slumming it" on mommy & daddy's dime. a full blown hipster reduces himself by never wearing anti-perspirant & appearing to be poor. drink of choice is rheingold, or pabst blue ribbon beer.

here comes the frickin hipster brigade\! i'm not going there\! it's full of hipsters\!

322. (hipster) (61↑, 309↓)
anyone who insists they aren't a hipster

Person 1 - "Ugh, I was at this MGMT show last night and there were so many hipsters there\!" Person 2 - "You're a hipster" Person 1 - "No, I'm definitely not\!" (Person 1 is a hipster.)

323. (hipster) (3574↑, 3824↓)
people in thier teens to 20s who generally listen to indie rock, hang out in coffee shops, shop at the thrift store and talk about things like books, music, films and art.

I saw a bunch of hipsters hanging uot at the coffee shop today.

324. (hipster) (512↑, 808↓)
Most of these definitions appear to be written by people with a great dislike of so called hipters. What little group were you excluded from that made you so bitter? These are not really definitions, but diatribres. The three paragraph rants about a percieved stereotype seem a bit extreme and obsessive. Kids like to have fun with fasion. They always have. Let them have their fun. It's part of growing up. No matter what you do you are adhering to some cultural conformity. Pick your fashion, enjoy it and shut up.

I hate hipters because they think they're better than me, I know they do because it's what I think. Just look at them with their hipster haircuts and tight jeans. Why don't hipsters just dress like "normal" people, mainstream music rules, I love Clay Aikins and P. diddy.

Author: guy smiley 888 http://hipster.urbanup.com/2022867
325. (Hipster) (210↑, 517↓)
Someone who is so noncomformist that they are just like the rest of the people that are noncomformists. They deride anyone who does ANYTHING mainstream and disguise themselves and bohemians. They tell everyone that they are unique, when they are, in fact, just like every other hipster. Trule, unique, free thinking individuals are special. Hipsters are bad [caricature]s of these people, and by simply being hipsters, are the embodiment of everything they dislike. They are their own joke. Hipsters are also like the stem cells of every other 'counter culture'. Take a hipster, put an X on their hand, and they are [straight edge] for the day. Take a hipster, put a black sweater on them, and they are [emo]. Take a hipster, put a chain on their wallet and give them a pink t-shirt and you have this years [mtv] [punk] uniform. Unfortunately, this also means that hipsters are wishy washy in what they believe/think/want.

That dude that goes to punk shows and just stands there, doesn't move, and then complains that the band he is watching is too mainstream, commercialized, and conformist while trying to talk to the cute chick at the non-coporate, fair trade, organic, coffee house or Jamba Juice about the mainstream topic of the day. That dude's a hipster.

Author: pFizzleFunkenstein http://hipster.urbanup.com/1509224
326. (Hipster) (199↑, 512↓)
A child version of an more complete adult. They have a lot of great ideals, but don't realize that they will never transcend being nothing more than another trend. The hipster feels that you are either a hipster or a dumb fucking puppet conforming to society. All the while the hipster them self is a dumb fucking puppet conforming to society. Hipsters claim to be very open minded and love bragging about interracial relationships, but lump all frat boys and sorority girls into the "meat head" category, which is a different kind of bigotry. This is not bad, its just very immature. Kids act this way. Adults like music that appeals to them. Adults listen to The Kooks, Beethoven, and Del The Funky Homosapian and maybe throw in some Kanye West, Pink, and Pearl Jam because they like the songs and don't give a shit who's judging them. Adults wear whatever they like, whether it be from a thrift shop, J. Crew, or Target because they like how it looks on them. Adults go to the gym because its healthy. Adults can go see "Wristcutters:A love Story" and then go see Iron Man because, fuck it, I felt like it. Hipsters are generally kids who were shy and/or different as kids and they carried the subconscious resentment of not "fitting in" over to their young 20's and early 30's. Some Hipsters grow up around 35 when they realize that the world doesn't revolve around just them. Some don't, and they go on to be lonely senior citizen's. Their are plenty of people who listen to indie rock, dress cool, and can recite poetry who are not Hipsters. Hipsters are the ones who all look exactly the same and harshly judge people outside of their clique.

Two guys are at a party. The Hipster is wearing a tight Tee and tight jeans and Buddy Holly glasses. The other is wearing madras shorts and a NY Yankees tee shirt. Yankee: This Calvin Harris song is the shit. Buddy Holly: I don't like it anymore, it's selling on iTunes. Who says "the shit"? Where are your Chuck Taylors? Yankee: I like flip flops because they are really really comfortable. Buddy Holly: I bet you like fake tits and date rape, too\! Yankee: Nope. Do you like the Yankees? Buddy Holly: Sports is for the idiots that beat me up in High School, er, I mean... I don't follow sports. Sports are for meat heads. Yankee: I like sports. I was going to see if you wanted my tickets to the game tomorrow because I'm going to an opening at a new gallery in Tribecca and can't make the game. Buddy Holly: Anyone who would have a show in Tribecca is a sell out. You should come see the show at my apartment in Billyburg. Yankee: Sounds cool. When is it? Buddy Holly: Sorry. You can only come if you wear Chuck Taylors...

Author: Andrew Martinez http://hipster.urbanup.com/3156749
327. (Hipster) (160↑, 482↓)
Being a hipster is fundamentally based on trying to be “untrendy” and thinking you have your own style. When many “untrendy” and “totally unique,” city-dwelling, men and women, who are mostly college students or college graduates, come together and unintentionally form a subculture, you end up with what has come to be known as “the hipster scene.” Hipsters are the “anti-trend” trend followers par excellence. All hipsters think that they come from diverse backgrounds, with diverse tastes in music, fashion, art, etc. They try to be as obscure as they can, so they can seem as intellectual and as unique as possible. But, because none of them really are intelligent or unique, they fail to come off as either, and instead, many of their behaviors end up rubbing off on one another. In order to be a hipster you CANNOT call yourself a hipster. A person who thinks of him or herself, and identifies as, a hipster is automatically NOT a hipster. This is because you must believe that you are untrendy and different in order to be a real hipster, and by labeling yourself a “hipster” you are clearly declaring that you belong to a subculture, and hence, that you are a trendy little bastard. Thus, being a hipster is fundamentally based on denial and self-negation. That's why the common and seemingly binding behaviors we see among hipsters change every so often. For example, hipsters used to be known to buy all their cloths at thrift stores. But, because hipsters are "anti-trends," this activity is slowly dying amongst them. They have become aware of the popularity of the practice and hence, of its trendiness. Hipster culture is fluid and ever-changing because it is based on maintaining the appearance of diversity and difference. Therefore, hipsters can never be defined by the cloths they wear, the music they listen to, the places they go, or the topics they discuss. Here are the necessary conditions for being a hipster: (a) you must think that you are extremely different from everyone else, (b) you must think that you are in the intellectual elite and that you have a unique perspective on things, (c) you must try to be as ironic as possible, and act and think like you have the most obscure and elite taste in music, art, literature, and fashion, (d) you must go to parties with people who answer criterions a, b, and c (if you don’t surround yourself with other “different” and “unique” people, who are you going to be an "untrendy" hipster with?), and most importantly (e) You must never think of yourself or identity as - a hipster\!\! Note that this is where things become a bit more complicated. If the hipster becomes aware of the paradox of being a hipster (self-negating, “anti-trend” trend), then they can start identifying themselves as hipsters and by doing so they would be ironic and different in comparison to everyone else in the hipster scene, who have yet to discover their self-negating natures\! This will cause an infinite regression within the hipster, because you cannot identify yourself as a hipster in order to be a hipster, but by calling yourself a hipster and being aware of the paradox, you are being a complete hipster, but you cannot be a hipster if you identify as one...and so forth...into eternity.

David: I took a karate class in college, I wear designer cloths, I ironically work at a dry cleaners store, I got a 1600 on my SAT, and I like Merzbow, Joy Division, and Slayer Tom: You’re a hipster David: No I’m not\!

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Last updated: 2012.02.29

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