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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 Covalent on Friday October 30 2015, @09:47AM

    by Covalent (43) on Friday October 30 2015, @09:47AM (#256399) Journal

    I was cool with cool before it was cool.

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  • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Friday October 30 2015, @05:54PM

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Friday October 30 2015, @05:54PM (#256578)

    I used to be with it, but then they changed what *it* was. Now what I'm with isn't *it*, and what's *it* seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you...