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Site/Blog   Hipster can be a confusing term, since it has
several meanings when discussing counterculture trends. One
meaning connects back to the jazz movement of the 1940s through
the early 1960s and before the term hippie was popularized.
Another definition references a more modern use of the term
hipster, as it might be used in common language today.
Initially the words hipster, hip, hep, and hepster might all
have been used to describe certain folks who emulated a certain
type of lifestyle, particularly connected to jazz music and the
musicians who performed it. Special kinds of slang were used,
and people who described themselves as hipsters tended to be
sexually promiscuous, interested in using marijuana, and in
general promoting a lifestyle that was easy going, rel