: 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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Apologies if that comes across like a hipster take, but those aesthetics of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri passing and moving around defenders in that kit won’t be leaving my mind any time soon. —
Art De Roché, New York Times, 15 May 2026 So by the time the hipsters in the national media picked up on Devo, we were fully formed. —Michael Tedder, SPIN, 5 May 2026 How did the hipster burn his mouth? —Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026 This is the year that the Bob Baker Marionettes — whose hipster cred and general renown increased when the theater moved to Highland Park from its longtime home tucked obscurely west of downtown — played Coachella. —Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hipster
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Art De Roché, New York Times, 15 May 2026 So by the time the hipsters in the national media picked up on Devo, we were fully formed. —Michael Tedder, SPIN, 5 May 2026 How did the hipster burn his mouth? —Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026 This is the year that the Bob Baker Marionettes — whose hipster cred and general renown increased when the theater moved to Highland Park from its longtime home tucked obscurely west of downtown — played Coachella. —Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hipster
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“Hipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hipster. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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