25 Best Hipster Buzzwords In ‘New York Times’ “Hipsturbia” Piece
By Tomb Log
The New York Times recently ran yet another trend piece on those damn hipsters, this time covering the apparently-actually-a-thing “hipsters invading suburbia.” The piece is called “Creating Hipsturbia,” a title that made me think of Rihanna’s “Disturbia” and a nonexistent Todd Solondz movie about deeply alienated, meth-smoking suburban hipsters who go around terrorizing the locals.
Anyway, I noticed a consistent tactic in the Times piece, which was to use lots of buzzwords to describe this possibly imaginary hipster suburbia while letting the reader know, with a wink, that these effing hipsters are so effing insufferable, look at what they wear/eat/do.
I have compiled below my favorite buzzword phrases for your enjoyment. Here’s looking at you, writer of yet another New York Times hipster trend piece, Alex Williams.
1. lunch-hour vinyasa classes
2. Dutch-style bikes
3. farm-to-table restaurant
4. edible nasturtiums [Editor’s note: I have no idea what a nasturtium is, edible or otherwise.]
5. monofloral honey produced by nomadic beekeepers in Sicily
6. gluten-free red-velvet cupcakes
7. windows decorated with bird silhouettes
8. heritage-clad novelist type
9. ironic mutton chops
10. shade-grown coffee
11. patisserie
12. statement sneakers
13. urban-zen
14. twee lifestyle
15. bearded mixologists
16. locavore restaurants
17. antler-laden boutiques
18. artisanal vegan soap
19. wheat-paste sloganeering
20. acupuncturist
21. Galapagos Art Space mind-set
22. felted-wool gazelle heads
23. sustainable fish
24. barrel-aged cocktails
25. D.I.Y. hobbies
This article also includes the following quote, from Ari Wallach, a “futurism consultant”: “Hastings-on-Hudson is a village, in a Wittgensteinian sort of way.” Nice.