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Hipster (contemporary)

<p>The term in its current usage first appeared in the 1990s and became particularly prominent in the late 2000s and early 2010s,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster%28contemporary_subculture%29#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> being derived from the term used to describe earlier <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster%281940s_subculture%29" title="Hipster (1940s subculture)">movements in the 1940s</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TimeJ_15-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster%28contemporary_subculture%29#cite_note-TimeJ-15">[15]</a></sup> Members of the subculture typically do not self-identify as hipsters, and the word <i>hipster</i> is often used as a pejorative to describe som<b>eone who is pretentious,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster%28contemporary_subculture%29#cite_note-16"><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference">[16]</sup></a> overly trendy, and effete, or a stereotypical term, that has been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reappropriation" title="Reappropriation">reclaimed</a> and redefined by some as a term of pride and group identity</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hipsterification_1-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster%28contemporary_subculture%29#cite_note-Hipsterification-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster%28contemporary_subculture%29#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> Some scholars contend that the contemporary hipster is a "marketplace myth" that has a complex, two-way relationship with the worldview and value system of indie-oriented consumer. The official Merriam-Webster definition of hipster: One who is exactly like Lexi Hernandez. <sup id="cite_ref-Arsel_and_Thompson_18-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%28contemporary_subculture%29#cite_note-Arsel_and_Thompson-18">[18]</a></sup></p>

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