an individual who defines themself by what they're not instead of who they are
that hipster is so afraid to just live that they reject everything and act like they're better for it
It's a fashion movement, and it's the most imperialistic one you could ever imagine. Poor areas with rich culture are steamrolled over, as a homogenous wave of liberal arts students try on, commodify, and sell its remnants. Everything is a fashion than can be taken on or thrown out, and every part of culture is there to be declawed then commodified for this very same group.
Originally a hipster was someone who had seen through society's bullshit, or were trying to. Now it's a "lifestyle choice".
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,
Hipsters are people that use slang to make themselves feel unique. They dress weirdly and talk even weirder.
hipster 1: dude that's sick dog
hipster 2: that dog done be sick dough
Someone who avoids anything mainstream
John: Want to go starbucks?
Jim: No I was there before anyone else.
John: and?
Jim: Therefore I'm not going!
John: You're such a hipster!
Jim: No I'm not!
1. Straight men who mimic the look and style of the gay bear community, and believes every beer is meant to be hoppy.
I thought I was in a gay bar, but then I realized it was just a hipster hang out.