hipsturbia

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noun

A suburban area where hipsters live.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

hipsturbia1

nounhipsturbia (countable and uncountable, plural hipsturbias)

plural hipsturbias · alternative Hipsturbia

  1. countableinformaluncountableA suburban area where hipsters live.

    Welcome to hipsturbia.

    2013 February 15, Alex Williams, “Creating Hipsturbia”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2024

Hipsturbia2

nounHipsturbia (countable and uncountable, plural Hipsturbias)

plural Hipsturbias

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of hipsturbia.

Origin

Blend of hipster + suburbia, coined by Alex Williams in 2013 (see quotation below).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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