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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @11:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @11:14AM (#256413)

    'Hipster' for example. Used to apply to beat-era kids who dressed like the beatniks & were at least reasonable hip. Disappeared from use entirely sometime in the 1970s, then re-emerged in the mid-aughts only to be bandied about so much it's lost all meaning.

    Language continues to recycle itself. This is nothing new! Hipsters were dead before the 'hipsters' were born.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @11:19AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @11:19AM (#256414)

    PS: Hipster is the root of hippie