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How Hipsters May be Bringing Back Vintage Language

posted by cmn32480 on Friday October 30 2015, @06:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the thou-art-a-wanker dept.

Zinho writes:

Archaic words are making a comeback, thanks to hipsters' love of all things old. The Washington Post's wonkblog has an article examining how hipsters may be bringing back vintage language, and the effects it is having on modern culture. This may be a passing fad, as hipsters themselves are now making jokes about bespoke water; if they're not careful the charming anachronism may go mainstream and become unfit for hipster irony.

BTW, this submission was inspired by a comment thread here about craft/artisanal beers. Apparently, the old words are not just re-entering the hipsters' language but getting co-opted by marketers hoping to woo the hipster pocketbook. Some linguistic shift may result.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 30 2015, @07:53AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 30 2015, @07:53AM (#256375) Journal

    Take a look at women's fashions. Women can decide that something is "out" this year, and "in" next year. If you look at fashions throughout the 20th century, you'll see that many things have come and gone, come back after decades, only to be forgotten again. From my point of view, there is no rhyme nor reason. And, I suppose the same was true in centuries past, but we don't have photographic evidence of it happening.

    Is language really any different?

    Personally, I never had much time to think about "hip". I have my own language, built from several different environments. Military, construction, trucking, tech - some of my language has been picked up just from moving from one region to another.

    Hipsters? People with to much time on their hands, trying to be "cool". Do they have any impact on real life? I don't think so. We've always had kids who talked weird just to distinguish themselves from the older generation. Think about women's fashions. New generation, "new" styles. But, you can only cut and sew fabric in so many ways, and you can only restructure language in so many ways.

    It's all just a fad, and fifteen years from now, these "hipsters" will be aging old fools who are laughed at by today's toddlers.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @07:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @07:58AM (#256376)

    Hipsters? People with to much time on their hands, trying to be "cool".

    Very cool language you have there, Runaway1956! You are _such_ a hipster! Oh, didn't you mean "too" for much time?