A fixed gear bicycle with a $2000 Italian frame bought by the accompanying hipster's parents as a Christmas gift, usually plastered with obscure stickers, may have brightly colored, mismatched rims with spoke cards bought off ebay. May have a tube frame pad with an ironic design... (Plaid). Fits snugly on the bike rack mounted to their decal laden, rusted out 1993 Volvo 240.
Yup, that's a Hipster's Cadillac.
by Cluebacca June 25, 2011
Like an ostentation of peacocks, a murder of crows, or a parliament of owls, a pretension of hipsters is a simple and elegant term for a grouping of one of the more annoying self-referential and self-satisfied demographics in the history of demographics. Pretensions of hipsters can be found combing through old record stores in search of vinyl, hitting cool overpriced urban thrift stores, hanging for hours at local coffee shops, and, either performing in, or standing in line to listen to, a band of other hipsters with unfortunate facial hair, playing quasi-folky/blue grass inspired, unidentifiable something or other. There will be a banjo player.
Although pretensions of hipsters set up residence in cool and edgy neighborhoods such as Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and San Francisco's Mission District, where they can be spotted unabashedly overstating their cultural significance, they will have most likely arrived, trust funds in tow, during the second or third wave of gentrification, well after the hard-core artists have done the difficult work of staking out a claim in a relatively inexpensive if shady neighborhood, with no coffee shops, just delis and bodegas, with burnt coffee to go.
Although pretensions of hipsters set up residence in cool and edgy neighborhoods such as Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and San Francisco's Mission District, where they can be spotted unabashedly overstating their cultural significance, they will have most likely arrived, trust funds in tow, during the second or third wave of gentrification, well after the hard-core artists have done the difficult work of staking out a claim in a relatively inexpensive if shady neighborhood, with no coffee shops, just delis and bodegas, with burnt coffee to go.
"Look honey, a pretension of hipsters just arrived in our neighborhood."
"Glad I didn't throw out my stove pipe hat."
"Glad I didn't throw out my stove pipe hat."
by AngWS0522 March 23, 2014
a problem hipsters face whenever something that they once liked becomes mainstream or popular. it causes them to dislike something they once enjoyed because of the pain of popularization.
White Girl: Hey did you hear that new Mumford & Sons song on the radio? It's different but really good!
Hipster: Of course I heard it. I've known about them since they even formed.
White Girl: Aren't they great?
Hipster: Not anymore. Sellouts.
White Girl: You have a hipster complex.
Hipster: Of course I heard it. I've known about them since they even formed.
White Girl: Aren't they great?
Hipster: Not anymore. Sellouts.
White Girl: You have a hipster complex.
by shannathehipsters April 24, 2013
When an establishment has staff or labour that projects a sense of aloofness, general unfriendliness, cultural arrogance, a focus on style over quality, shallowness, and general superficial focus. Often seen in bars and cafes where the staff should obviously not be in the service industry due to a lack of friendliness, intelligence, charisma, concern, and ability to actually connect with people and customers.
This happens often in bars where a few hipsters are first hired, and then through the general segregated and rigid nature of hipster culture, only other hipster are hired. Before long, only hipsters work at the establishment and an air of malaise sinks deep into the cultural fabric of the establishment. Leaving a hollow empty feeling that alternatives crowds generally curse the mainstream for. The irony being of course that in the great search for a service sector job and the search to be unique, different, and stylized, the hipster service-members have unknowingly created their own mainstream with similar rules, social conventions, and inability to connect with people.
This happens often in bars where a few hipsters are first hired, and then through the general segregated and rigid nature of hipster culture, only other hipster are hired. Before long, only hipsters work at the establishment and an air of malaise sinks deep into the cultural fabric of the establishment. Leaving a hollow empty feeling that alternatives crowds generally curse the mainstream for. The irony being of course that in the great search for a service sector job and the search to be unique, different, and stylized, the hipster service-members have unknowingly created their own mainstream with similar rules, social conventions, and inability to connect with people.
Person 1: Ou, what a cool bar. Everything LOOKS great, theres even a turntable.
Person 2: Yeah, on the surface it looks fun. That turntable is only playing hip-hop though.
Person 3: This place sucks, I just went to get a pint.
Person 1: What happened?
Person 2: The staff didn't break a smile despite me engaging him, and he couldn't even have a basic conversation even though its dead. Classic hipster service.
Person 2: Yeah, on the surface it looks fun. That turntable is only playing hip-hop though.
Person 3: This place sucks, I just went to get a pint.
Person 1: What happened?
Person 2: The staff didn't break a smile despite me engaging him, and he couldn't even have a basic conversation even though its dead. Classic hipster service.
by Carl Bostikine Floush November 10, 2017
Music so awful that its only use is to be flaunted as a fashion accessory by those obsessed with the idea of coolness; it remains perpetually "obscure" because no sane human being would listen to this music for pleasure.
Dan: Hey dude, I just got a limited-edition copy of We Are As The Romans Should Have Been's new EP - and on vinyl, too! It's Gregorian chants with a mambo beat - mind-blowing! Come listen!
Ben: Ugh, no. You can keep your hipster shit to yourself.
Dan: SCREW YOU! YOU DON'T KNOW GOOD MUSIC!
Ben: Ugh, no. You can keep your hipster shit to yourself.
Dan: SCREW YOU! YOU DON'T KNOW GOOD MUSIC!
by ACD8K November 21, 2011
A form of fully-clothed sexual intercourse, usually practiced by hipsters, who prefer it because it allows them to leave their ultra-tight jeans on during the act. (The process of removing the jeans may take several hours to complete, by which time the need or desire for sex could be dissipated.)
"What are those two people doing? It looks like they're writhing around on top of a copy of Pitchfork magazine, interlocked but fully-clothed."
"It's just hipster sex. Leave them to it."
"It's just hipster sex. Leave them to it."
by hipster_of_the_month November 29, 2012
A douchebag who thinks they are too good for everything and everybody especially those considered "mainstream".
Hipsters are also commonly seen wearing gay ass clothes and ugly ass haircuts that look like that they lost a fight with a pair of scissors.
Most hipsters mooch off of other people such as their mothers because getting a job is too "mainstream". This is an excuse because they are lazy hippies who protest about how screwed up the economy is and only fuck it up more by not getting a job and voting for obamanation because he supports gays.
Hipsters are also commonly seen wearing gay ass clothes and ugly ass haircuts that look like that they lost a fight with a pair of scissors.
Most hipsters mooch off of other people such as their mothers because getting a job is too "mainstream". This is an excuse because they are lazy hippies who protest about how screwed up the economy is and only fuck it up more by not getting a job and voting for obamanation because he supports gays.
by AntiObamaAdministration November 20, 2012