hipsterfy

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verb

To make or become a hipster or characteristic of hipsters.

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Meanings

verbhipsterfy (third-person singular simple present hipsterfies, present participle hipsterfying, simple past and past participle hipsterfied)

present singular third person hipsterfies · participle present hipsterfying · participle past hipsterfied · past hipsterfied

  1. informalTo make or become a hipster or characteristic of hipsters.

    Having said that I like real ale and have a fuzzy face, I don't own red trousers though so I don't think I have hipsterfied yet.

    2014 March, “Walthamstow Diary”, in The E List, number 14, page 18
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    When you're finished at the market, don't leave—stroll around the surrounding hútòng and enjoy an older section of Beijing that hasn't been hipsterfied, at least not yet.

    2014, Shannon Aitken, Living Abroad in Beijing, Avalon Travel, →ISBN

    One of many old boozers in the area to have been gussied up and hipsterfied, this backstreet pub has managed to keep a generally mellow vibe.

    2015, The Rough Guide to Great Britain, Rough Guides, →ISBN

Origin

From hipster + -fy.

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APA

hipsterfy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hipsterfy

MLA

“hipsterfy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hipsterfy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hipsterfy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hipsterfy.

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