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How to pronounce hipster in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms flower child, hippie, hippy
Type of social reformer, reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist

Examples of hipster

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The dialogue is glib and too-too cute, full of put-downs and hipster-kid jargon.
From the sacbee.com
I guess, based on the glasses, I thought he was going to be kind of hipster-ish.
From the washingtonpost.com
This was no hipster haiku between a cool T shirt and a pair of customized jeans.
From the time.com
Or hipster types that go to the latest place they think they have to be seen in.
From the guardian.co.uk
The figure of the hipster as an elitist, subcultural icon is becoming obsolete.
From the economist.com
For lighter eats, go to Dale Dale, a hipster-style sandwich and smoothie joint.
From the ocregister.com
Hipster is creating a real-time, visual public record of the world's locations.
From the techcrunch.com
You'll still be able to find them in artsy hipster stores, but that's about it.
From the bits.blogs.nytimes.com
The store is chock full of cheap hipster duds you can afford to wear just once.
From the kentucky.com
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  • Hippie: someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
  • (hipsters) flower people: a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
  • Hipster, as used in the 1940s, referred to aficionados of jazz, in particular Bebop, which became popular in the early 1940s. ...
  • Low-rise is a style of clothing, designed to sit low on, or below, the hips. The style can also be called lowcut, hipster, hip-hugger, and lowrider. Usually they sit at least 8 centimetres (3 inches) lower than the belly button.
  • Hipster is a slang term that first appeared in the 1940s, and was revived in the 1990s and 2000s often to describe types of young, recently settled urban middle class adults and older teenagers with interests in non-mainstream fashion and culture, particularly alternative music, indie rock, ...
  • Stilyagi (Russian: u0421u0442u0438u043Bu044Fu0433u0438, also known as Hipsters in the English release) is a 2008 Russian musical comedy-drama film directed by Valery Todorovsky and starring Anton Shagin and Oksana Akinshina. Set in mid-1950s Moscow, the film depicts the Soviet youth subculture "stilyagi", along with their struggle for self-expression within the prevailing reality of the Soviet repression.
  • A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions. [from earlier 20th c.]; A member of Bohemian counterculture; An aficionado of jazz who considers her- or himself to be hip
  • (hipstered) n. when a dive bar once frequented by old men is overtaken by a younger, hipper crowd.
  • (Hipsters) A MJ club in Ealing, London, running monthly Friday freestyles, with a reputation for "advanced" dancers.