Hipsters are too cool for Urban Dictionary. You probably don't know what they use because it's underground.
by DukeLuke13 December 23, 2010
Get the hipstermug. (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."
by bkog January 11, 2010
Get the Hipstermug. 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..
by KeepItPG June 22, 2011
Get the hipstermug. In the process of being hipsterized, the graffiti in my neighborhood, while unchanged, turned into coffee-shop-defining artwork.
by mirandabeane March 31, 2016
Get the hipsterizemug. "Hipsters", as they are so-called, are usually (though not exclusively), white people from middle-class backgrounds who move into urban areas, "pioneering" gentrification. (Yes, that's right. If you look up gentrification, the term can aptly be applied to the hipsters who paved the way for the yuppies; in both cases the original residents and businesses are threatened, and of course, one thing leads to the other).
Secondly, "hipsters" tend to be very insular. Generally speaking, they only wish to associate with other hipsters, which means much of their art work and ideas appear as though it all came from a single source (or a single collection of sources). And they are pack animals who tend to follow the schemas, heuristics, and trajectory of their pack. For people that espouse independent thinking, this is a fallacy.
There are a near infinite number of ideas, possibilities for cultural interchange, and perspectives that can lead to vast and innumerous creative outputs.
Generally, this diversity is not well represented by the hipster demographic. And lets be honest, it needs to be emphasized, many hipsters are white people, and white people have a long history of asserting a sense of entitlement and self-importance over others.
Secondly, "hipsters" tend to be very insular. Generally speaking, they only wish to associate with other hipsters, which means much of their art work and ideas appear as though it all came from a single source (or a single collection of sources). And they are pack animals who tend to follow the schemas, heuristics, and trajectory of their pack. For people that espouse independent thinking, this is a fallacy.
There are a near infinite number of ideas, possibilities for cultural interchange, and perspectives that can lead to vast and innumerous creative outputs.
Generally, this diversity is not well represented by the hipster demographic. And lets be honest, it needs to be emphasized, many hipsters are white people, and white people have a long history of asserting a sense of entitlement and self-importance over others.
“Intelligent thought is not dead in New York. It has simply moved to Brooklyn.”
- Oh, right, you're a hipster.
- Oh, right, you're a hipster.
by A100NZ May 16, 2014
Get the Hipstermug. Someone who deviates from the mainstream and prides themself in being "hip." Hipsters enjoy anything that is independent or "indie" such as, indie music, indie films, and even indie clothing. They prefer skin tight jeans, ironic t shirts, thick framed glasses that are not necessarily necessary, scarves, wool coats, wool sweaters with patterns you are likely to find on optical illiusions, and various other items. A tell-tale sign that one is a hipster is when they are confronted of being a hipster, they deny it like Don Draper denies cheating on Betty Draper. To a Hipster, even being called a hipster is too mainstream and is as offensive to them as saying, "Mary is a whore," is to a devout Christian. You can expect to find hipsters in various places such as YouTube commenting on popular music videos, saying, "This is too mainstream, Bad Books is so much better," Victorian neighberhoods driving Fiats, and almost everywhere. The highest concentration of hipsters is thought to be in Greenwich Village in New York City, although some Hipster researchers (Hipsearchers) now believe that place is YouTube, where Hipsters are free to roam without being immediately detected and annhilated.
Hipster: The Beatles suck, they're so mainstream, you should listen to Daft Punk and wear some wool sweaters.
Me: Fucking die.
Me: Fucking die.
by The real rj December 11, 2013
Get the Hipstermug. A urban dining establishment where drinks are overpriced, the food organic, and the waiters wear tight pants and have beards. People sporting Adidas polyester gym clothes (matching tops and bottoms) are only allowed in the restaurant if they are working as dishwashers.
Life expectancy of a typical hipsterant varies between three months and a year depending on location.
Life expectancy of a typical hipsterant varies between three months and a year depending on location.
Flavio came back from the Biennale with an award for best short documentary. The afterparty was at a new hipsterant in south Brooklyn
by Amagerikaner December 5, 2014
Get the Hipsterantmug.