If you’re reading this, you either hate hipsters, don’t know what hipsters are, want to be a hipster, or are an actual hipster.
Most people in our culture could spot a hipster from a mile away. There’s their thrift store threads, their facial grooming, the indie music they listen to, and then of course, their vernacular.
The hipster culture has so strongly marked Generation Y, there are probably oodles of hipster-y words that you catch yourself saying every now and again. You might cringe reading these words and phrases on a list, but get off your high horse. You’re probably totes guilty of saying them too.
Totes
I wouldn’t identify myself as a hipster, by any stretch, but I’m totes partial to the word “totes.” If you’ve ever seen Paul Rudd in the hilarious movie, I Love You Man, you may remember the hilarious way he talked when he was trying to be cool for his new guy friend. One of his classics is “totes magotes,” as a way to say “totally,” which, of course, the hipster crowd has shortened to “totes.”
I Can’t Even
What? You’re kidding me! I don’t know what to say about that…
That’s pretty much what “I can’t even” means. It’s basically an exclamation of surprise or incredulity mixed with an air of superiority.
SMH
SMH, a.k.a. “shaking my head,” is the hipsters’ way of rolling their eyes.
Legit
Hipsters like to abbreviate words. They like to say “legit,” instead of “legitimate.” They like to say it like Andy Samberg did in the movie Hot Rod. This word is frequently said as part of the whole quote from the movie, “You don’t get it, do you Denise? I used to be legit. In fact, I was too legit. I was too legit to quit. But now, I’m not legit. I’m un-legit. And for that reason, I must quit.”
Rando
Ever wish there was a shorter, simpler way to describe “some random person.” Hey, I just checked my Insta, and some RANDO requested to follow me.” Thanks to hipsters, we now have the term “rando.”
Adorbs
Again, with the abbrev’s! Adorbs is, of course, the adorbs way that hipsters say adorable. We need this to stop.
Wins the Internet
This is what hipsters comment on Instagram (or Insta, as they might call it), when they like something. It may have been cool at first, but it’s been overdone. Full disclosure: I just used this phrase in response to a Facebook comment last week. Yes, I’m ashamed of myself.
Lumbersexual
Okay, we’re not actually tired of this one yet, because it hasn’t really been around that long. According to Urban Dictionary, a lumbersexual is “a metro-sexual who has the need to hold on to some outdoor based rugged-ness, thus opting to keep a finely trimmed beard.”
If you’re a true hipster, you probably don’t identify yourself as a “hipster.” You’re too counter-culture to be labeled. So, for the love of all things independent and creative, think us up some new lingo, because “I can’t even” is getting old. It’s all too mainstream, and as you know, once you’re mainstream, you’re no longer hipster.
