Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blipster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blip-ster
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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."
"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)."
"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."

Etymology

Blend of black + hipster, influenced by blip + -ster.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: blip

Inflected Forms

blipsters (plural)

Questions

What does blipster mean?: An ethnically black (African-American) hipster.
Where does blipster come from?: Blend of black + hipster, influenced by blip + -ster.

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