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Originally Posted by louder
see i don't even know if they use "hipster" as a mockery anymore. some people seem to get flattered like it means you're a fashionable individual.
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language is coined by usage and usage is always shifting hence demographics matter. there is no big dictionary in the sky. it doesn't have to (can't really) mean only one thing to/for all. it all depends on where and how and by whom and to whom it's said, and how much misunderstanding is always part of the meaning anyway. in other words, communication is a kind of hopeful illusion.