Definition of "hipsterism" [hipsterism]

• Slang The quality or condition of being hip. (noun)
• Slang The lifestyle characteristic of hipsters. (noun)

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• "Little Radio has done a service to the basin by broadcasting things like full band sets, a useful counterpoint (for those who keep track of these things) to the raw inbreeding of the LA music scene — which, for all its supposedly leading-edge hipsterism, is as corrupt and foul and uniform a den of fools as you could find in any KROQ conference room."
• "Wait - JTS has been around for more than a month, so it's not cool ... but I think it's been around long enough that it's retro now ... but are we supposed to venerate retro now that hipsterism is uncool?"
• "One young man in wire-frame glasses and a green flannel over a button-up shirt bravely admitted to liking the idea of hipsterism when he read about it on Pitchfork in 2002 or 2003."