hipsterfy

English

Etymology

hipster +‎ -fy

Verb

hipsterfy (third-person singular simple present hipsterfies, present participle hipsterfying, simple past and past participle hipsterfied)

1. (informal) To make or become a hipster or characteristic of hipsters.
   • 2014, Shannon Aitken, Living Abroad in Beijing, Avalon Travel (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     When you're finished at the market, don't leave—stroll around the surrounding hútòng and enjoy an older section of Beijing that hasn't been hipsterfied, at least not yet.

   • 2014, "Walthamstow Diary", The E List, Number 14, March 2014, page 18:

     Having said that I like real ale and have a fuzzy face, I don't own red trousers though so I don't think I have hipsterfied yet.

   • 2015, The Rough Guide to Great Britain, Rough Guides (2015), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     One of many old boozers in the area to have been gussied up and hipsterfied, this backstreet pub has managed to keep a generally mellow vibe.

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