by Mildred Snood October 11, 2010
Get the hipstermug. 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.
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.
by Tex in Tex February 2, 2008
Get the hipstermug. 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.
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.
by Jett27 October 10, 2005
Get the hipstermug. Hipster cn be found by:
Walk on Bedford Ave in Brooklyn btwn S5th and Mccarren Park and youll find some
Walk on Bedford Ave in Brooklyn btwn S5th and Mccarren Park and youll find some
by PSTRNK May 9, 2008
Get the hipstermug. 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.
by calvinmm April 23, 2010
Get the hipstermug. 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.
Tall One: Yes, YES THEY ARE AND I WILL BE ONE.
Hipster riding a pink motorcycle. Hot.
by SoupforSoupandMoreSoup January 20, 2011
Get the hipstermug. 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.
by WIKITIKI May 18, 2011
Get the hipstermug.