hipster

hipster

Personne qui préfère une musique, des vêtements et des centres d’intérêt différents de ceux de la majorité.

En anglais simple : Someone who prefers unusual music, clothes, and interests to those popular with most people.

• That hipster only buys old records.
• Hipsters gather at the independent coffee shop.
• She jokes that her vintage bicycle makes her a hipster.

Synonymes : nonconformist

Contraires : conformist

Expressions courantes : hipster cafe, hipster culture, hipster neighborhood

hipster, branché

Personne qui suit les dernières modes et veut paraître moderne et branchée.

En anglais simple : Someone who follows the newest fashions and wants to seem modern and cool.

• He's a hipster with expensive shoes.
• The cafe attracts fashionable hipsters.
• That hipster always knows the newest bands.

Synonymes : trend follower

Expressions courantes : trendy hipster, hipster fashion, young hipster

bohème, beatnik

Membre d’un groupe vivant librement, rejetant les règles sociales habituelles et s’intéressant souvent aux arts.

En anglais simple : Someone in a group that lives freely and rejects usual social rules, often with artistic interests.

• The hipster read poems in smoky cafes.
• Those hipsters rejected conventional careers.
• A young hipster joined the circle of experimental writers.

Synonymes : bohemian, beatnik

Expressions courantes : bohemian hipster, beat hipster, hipster poet

amateur de jazz

Amateur connaissant bien le jazz et se voyant comme élégant et branché.

En anglais simple : A jazz fan who knows the music well and sees themselves as stylish and cool.

• The hipster knew every jazz record.
• Hipsters crowded the club to hear the saxophonist.
• An older hipster told us stories about early bebop.

Synonymes : jazz buff, jazz enthusiast

Expressions courantes : jazz hipster, hipster slang, hipster crowd

jouer au hipster

Se comporter comme une personne aux goûts inhabituels qui cherche à paraître branchée.

En anglais simple : To act like someone with unusual tastes who wants to seem cool.

• They hipster around all weekend.
• We hipstered at little cafes instead of going sightseeing.
• Stop hipstering and tell me which music you actually like.

Expressions courantes : hipster around, hipster at cafes

donner un style hipster

Habiller quelqu’un ou décorer un lieu dans un style tendance et inhabituel.

En anglais simple : To dress someone or decorate a place in a trendy, unusual style.

• Let's hipster this room up.
• She hipstered her outfit with an old hat.
• They hipstered the bar with mismatched chairs and vintage posters.

Comment l'utiliser : hipster something up (They hipstered the cafe up with vintage lamps.)

Expressions courantes : hipster something up, hipster a room