Closing Bell: So Long, Hipster
Earlier this week Gawker held an online vote to pick the replacement for the term ‘hipster.” The five finalists were Doucheoisie, Fauxhemians, Pabstsmears, Probos and Trendsluts. The winner by a landslide? Fauxhemian. Photo by stribs
Earlier this week Gawker held an online vote to pick the replacement for the term ‘hipster.” The five finalists were Doucheoisie, Fauxhemians, Pabstsmears, Probos and Trendsluts. The winner by a landslide? Fauxhemian.
Photo by stribs
Another late 80s/early 90s name that was attached to proto-hipsters of the shoegazing variety was “Shemps” in honor of the Stooge whose bowl-cut, slouch and scruffy look they seemed to emulate.
Pabstsmear was the best option and it’s not even close.
jeez b’stoner, don’t you have any real hipster photos in your archive?
That shot does not scream fauxhemian.
Yeah… what is with the hunched over, sloping backs of hipster chicks? I don’t find anorexic scoliosis attractive.
Fauxhemian has been around for years, but it’s a great word. We also called the dreadlocked white hackey-sackers in Washington Square Park “Trustifarians”. You know, the ‘arty’ guys that never seemed to work but were always going to see the Spin Doctors at the Wetlands or heading cross-country to attend another Phish concert.
How about just: ‘young’
or
‘those kids today’
that photo looks like it was taken at one of the pool parties in the beer garden area.
Love Fauxhemian, with its trust fund implication. Doubt it will catch on, but it is far more descriptive than hipster.
what will be the new term for cranky old person who forgot how to fun? how about crotchcrumb?
some of those names were really funny! ill stick with the term marshmellow tho.
*rob*