: a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns (as in jazz or fashion)
Examples of hipster in a Sentence
a movie that appeals equally to hipsters and suburbanites
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On the recording — which captured a conversation held in 2021 but leaked in the fall of 2022 — Cedillo basically begged Martinez to keep hipsters away from his district.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
If the cowboy spirit is all self-reliance and hard work, where do hipsters and $10k-a-month apartments fit in?
—Allyson Reedy, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
Harari is to the tech CEO what David Foster Wallace once was to the Williamsburg hipster.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
North Berwick is fast developing a reputation as a hideout for hipsters leaving Edinburgh behind, and their foodie favorites include Steampunk Coffee and Bostock Bakery.
—Freya Bromley, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
If the cowboy spirit is all self-reliance and hard work, where do hipsters and $10k-a-month apartments fit in?
—Allyson Reedy, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
Harari is to the tech CEO what David Foster Wallace once was to the Williamsburg hipster.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
North Berwick is fast developing a reputation as a hideout for hipsters leaving Edinburgh behind, and their foodie favorites include Steampunk Coffee and Bostock Bakery.
—Freya Bromley, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
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“Hipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hipster. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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