Hipster

A hipster is a person who is strongly associated with a subculture that has been deemed "hip", or "hep." The term was used originally in the 1940s and 1950s to describe aficionados of jazz, and it eventually described many members of the Beat Generation, but its usage declined in the 1960s, with the advent of hippies. Since the mid 1990s, the word "hipster" has been redefined to refer to members of a different subculture. Modern hipsters are those devoted to ironic retro fashions, indie music and film, alternative comics, and other forms of expression outside the mainstream.

External links

• Hipsters, flipsters, and finger-poppin daddies, the original scene
• The Hipster Handbook, the modern manifestation
• www.freewilliamsburg.com guide to 21st century New York City hipsters
• What Happens When a Generation Refuses to Grow Up Wes Anderson and the problem with hipsters
• Hipster Bingo Print this out and take it to the next show you go to
• How to speak hip, Comedy recording
• Generation Milchkaffee, Popular account of hipster life and attitude in Berlin and Hamburg (in German language)
• Crying Wolof: Does the word hip really hail from a West African language? from Slate
• What's the origin of "hip"? from The Straight Dope
• Quoster An online quote database for hipsters.