Blipster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blipster is a noun meaning An ethnically black (African-American) hipster.
Meaning
An ethnically black (African-American) hipster.
Example Sentences
You get the sense that if Jimi Hendrix were to show up in Echo Park today, he’d be publicly mocked in a style section piece on blipsters for wearing a feathered fedora.
During the first season, I wondered why Hannah and her friends didn't have at least one blipster friend or why Hannah's boss at the publishing house or one or more of the girls' love interests couldn't be an actor of color.
Blipsters hate hip-hop unless they are spoofing it (Das Racist), turning it into a mash-up (Danger Mouse), updating it to sound more techno-punk (Santigold, Ninjasonik), or getting it from an unlikely source (e.g., Swedish songstress Lykke Li covering A Tribe Called Quest).
Word Forms
- blipsters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blerd, bootlip, blinker, hickster, hipster, blackie.
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