hipster

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Being a hipster is the opposite of a movement; it's a crawl toward death.

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  1. noun Slang One who is exceptionally aware of or interested in the latest trends and tastes, especially a devotee of modern jazz.

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  • Ok, I took like a hipster, act like a hipster and listen to hipster music. —  final fashion
  • Being a hipster is the opposite of a movement; it's a crawl toward death. —  Portland Mercury
  • See, the hipster -- or, for those of you wearing American Apparel, listening to Grizzly Bear, reading this blog and not calling yourself a hipster (myself included!) -- isn't the outsider anymore. —  The Rawking Refuses To Stop
  • I think you're confusing the term hipster with hippie. —  blogTO
  • A quick search of SFist's archives shows at least 315 uses of the word hipster since our inception in 2004. —  We Blog A Lot
 

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