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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(1940s_subculture) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(1940s_subculture)

• waterlesscloud 14y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subculture) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subcultur...
  • gruseom 14y ago
    The point is that the word "hipster" has been in continuous use to describe alternative youth culture since the Beats. http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hipster&year_start=1940&year_end=2020 http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hipster&yea...
    • zerostar07 14y ago
      As wikipedia explains, the term has been used to describe the culture of 2 distinct decades, not the decades in between
      • gruseom 14y ago
        Where does Wikipedia say that it wasn't used in the intervening decades? That's not true. Look at the ngram link I supplied – it clearly was in use. What do you think it meant?
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