hipification

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noun

The effects on a neighborhood of an influx of hipsters.

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Meanings

nounhipification (uncountable)
  1. USinformaluncountableThe effects on a neighborhood of an influx of hipsters.

    He is, in large part, responsible for the hipification (some may say the crassification) of the neighborhood, a district east of SoHo and south of the East Village.

    2007 June 3, Allen Salkin, “Lower East Side Is Under a Groove”, in New York Times

Origin

From hip + -ification.

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APA

hipification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hipification

MLA

“hipification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hipification. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hipification,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hipification.

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