nonhip

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ hip

Adjective[edit]

nonhip (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to the hip in the body.
    • 1998, Kenneth J. Koval, Joseph David Zuckerman, Fractures in the elderly:
      In a randomized study during an 11 -month period, there were hip and 15 nonhip fractures in the hip protector group...
  2. Not hip; not fashionable or familiar with modern trends and fashions.
    • 2001, Greg Taylor, Artists in the Audience: Cults, Camp, and American Film Criticism:
      Farber's cultism offered itself as a countergesture for savvy hipsters, and he kept it marginal enough to make sure the nonhip remained rigorously excluded.

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