Meanings
- datedpluralplural onlyPlastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by members of the hipster and nerd subcultures.
He was wearing hipster glasses, jeans, a red-and-white striped shirt, and red sneakers.
2014, Heather Vogel Frederick, Absolutely Truly, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 1372 more examples
“I think we totally need to talk about the StarMart thing,” a girl with chunky hipster glasses and a blunt, black bob says, and rapidly the rest of the council agrees.
2012, Madeleine George, The Difference Between You and Me, Viking, →ISBNHe had these watery blue eyes behind a pair of black hipster glasses and was holding a fancy camera.
2012, Emily Ecton, Project Jackalope, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 79Synonyms: nerd glasses
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPlastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by members of the hipster and nerd subcultures.
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