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a person who tries too hard to be "artsy" and "unique". usually will buy an expensive camera and pretend that theyre a photographer. they usually wear a flannel, thick rimmed glasses with no lense, and tight pants. usually has a blog, probably a tumblr. seems cooler online than they seem in real life. most likely likes the movie "500 days of summer" and listens to the band brand new. pretends to "love the beatles" and might be catholic. hipsters will make a huge deal out of the most miniscule problems in their family life in an attempt to make it seem like they have real problems. many hipsters have pop punk bands which will go nowhere in real life, and bring their friends to their shows. at these shows, they will act incredibly stupid on purpose to get attention and to get other hipsters to think that they are funny or cool. these attempts will usually work because hipsters aren't smart. they usually want or have snakebites, lip, an industrial, small gauges, or their nose peirced. in relationships, hipsters will act really gay and make cute presents for each other out of an inside joke that they stole from a movie or another persons idea. they will tell their friends about it to make their friends think that theyre in a perfect relationship when in reality everyone just wants to gag at their fakeness. do not be fooled, hipsters will make it seem like they're cool and insightful, but theyre whiny, obnoxious,and weirdly insecure.
"woah bro! i really like your flannel! it really matches your tight pants and thick rimmed glasses with no lense!"
"thanks man i got them from urban outfitters! you really like it?"
"no toolbag, you look like a gay hipster."
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"Do you like Angels and Airwaves?"
"No, im not a hipster."
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"i <3 tumblr"
"ew, youre a stupid hipster."
by lolasshole April 15, 2010
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I define "hipsters" as poseurs who are immitating people who are actually hip, or at least who they perceive to be hip. A hip person typically has some degree of fashion sense, and a good example of the difference between this and a "hipster" is how a hip person might buy articles of clothing from the Salvation Army because they're cheap and/or unique, whereas a "hipster" would shop at some sort of boutique that sells exclusively fashionable vintage clothing and pay 10 times as much for more or less the same items.

A hip person is cognitive of what styles are fashionable, and finds a style that suits his or her self, but doesn't necessarily have to be wearing exclusively non-mainstream vintage or designer articles. A hipster either copies a hip person, the other hipsters he knows, or whatever he sees in "Vice" magazine. A few fashion items are always acceptible regardless of how much of a poseur you are or aren't: Chuck Taylors, black hoodies, tight pants, etc.

A hip person might look hung over or like they just got out of bed, but if they do, it's because they really are hung over and just got out of bed. A "hipster" might spend considerable effort faking that look by messing up their hair and intentionally wearing wrinkled clothes. A telltale sign of a hipster douchebag is that he or she is clearly "trying" to be fashionable. They often overaccessorize with some sort of scarf, hat, or outlandish shoes, and put a great deal of effort into making sure everything matches.

A hip person most likely is an avid listener of music, but doesn't particularly care how others judge his or her taste. He or she might listen to anything, sometimes including things that were once, or even are currently, mainstream. A "hipster" contrives his or her music collection to be seen by others as cool and "indie". They love vinyl records. Crappy music seems cool to them as long as they listen to it on vinyl, and especially if it's some sort of rare recording that they can be sure no one else they know owns. If you asked a hipster whether he cared if people thought his music collection was cool, he would say "no", but he would be lying. They care.

In fact, the defining trait that seperates legitimate cool people from hipster douchebags is that truly hip people genuinely don't care what other people think of them, or maybe acknowledge it a little bit but don't base their whole persona around it. Hipsters are obsessed with this fact, and build their entire personalities in an effort to make it look like they also don't care. They want, just as much as normal people, to fit in. A really hip person just naturally fits in because he or she has a likable personality and is fun to be around. All hipsters hate other hipsters and consider them to be phonies, and no hipster will ever admit to being one even if they fit all of the stereotypes.
True story: I was recently at a thanksgiving party where a lot of food was being served. The skinny, pale, threadbare sweater and tight pants-clad hipster-looking guy who had been putting on music all evening walked into the room. People weren't talking much at the time because their mouths were full, and hipster douchemaster sweater guy decided the room wasn't sociable enough for him, said "This room sucks", turned, and walked away. He could have just walked away, but he felt he had to verbally pass judgment on the room's occupants to make sure he seemed superior to them. What a dick.
by Rassar December 9, 2008
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An unwanted, attention whore in dire need for people to look at him/her. The hipster usually wears tight jeans, vnecks, fedora caps and moccasins. They enjoy hanging out in parking lots and coffee shops and don't actually buy anything, because hipsters are "non comformist" but in reality they're all just washed up poor fucks. They love doing retarded dances that are really idiotic jump moves. They like to listen to non-mainstream music and claim they're better than most people because they listen to music that isn't known because it sucks anyway. Oh, and 99.9% of hipsters are homosexuals.
"Hey dude wanna go to the coffee shop then go to the open mic night and listen to all the Hipster wanna bees sing and laugh at them?"

"Haha, Randy, you read my mind, i love laughing at hipsters.!
by AngryItalianMan August 5, 2010
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people who claim to be "artsy", but use that as a facade to hide the fact that they killed it.
Those hipsters suck.
by capt america April 19, 2008
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a girl with blonde hair that has a laugh like the three stooges, Usually born in april. Obsessed with Dinosaurs and plate tectonics. No hipster dirty dances or hooks up with random strangers. Usually they live in Santa Barbara and go to UCSB. They never show their arms. They are addicted to crack and peanut butter. They love to go sailing. They love christmas tress year round and the show The office and Always Sunny. A hipster is a crazy fucking bitch but everyone seems to know who she is because she like to punch guys in the balls when she is drunk and lock herself in bathrooms with one boy in particular. She also like root-beer floats and walks on the park. EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A HIPSTER!
Ellen Degeneres- Hipster
by PENISPARTY October 30, 2011
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(n.) An individual/group marked mostly by their cynical, ironic and intellectually elitist ideals(or lack thereof), who claim to denounce corporate interests and the bourgeois lifestyle, yet contradict these sentiments by their own behavior.
hipster mentality vs. lifestyle

'The majority of people are mindless consumers shopping at the mall and dictated by their desire to buy the perfect house, clothing article, car... et al... '

At same time spends a majority of money earned being a dishwasher/bartender/cook at American Apparel/Urban Outfitters/Goodwill, cigarettes, beer, show tickets, and overinflated rent in the part of town that isn't exactly 'safe' but gentrified enough to not worry about being shot in the day.
by ohwhateverman December 29, 2010
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a wannabe indie. a hipster is the asshole version of an indie person who cares about fashion and looking "cool".
1: "hey isn't sally indie?"
2: "no, she wishes. she's a stuck up bitch who thinks she's better than everyone else because she likes fashion and photography. im sorry to say, but she's just another hipster."
1: "isn't that similar to an indie person?"
2: "yes, but indie people don't care what they look like to other people, that's why they are independent."
by a non uh muss December 5, 2009
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