Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hipification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hip-i-fi-ca-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The effects on a neighborhood of an influx of hipsters.

American usage; Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From hip + -ification.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hip

Usage

Questions

What does hipification mean?: The effects on a neighborhood of an influx of hipsters.
Where does hipification come from?: From hip + -ification.

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