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Hipster vs Hickster - What's the difference?

hipster | hickster |

As nouns the difference between hipster and hickster

is that hipster is a person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions while hickster is a hick who attempts to be hip (that is, to be a hipster).

hipster

English

(wikipedia hipster)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.
  • A member of Bohemian counterculture.
  • An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
  • Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

    • Derived terms

    * blipster * hipsterdom * hipsterish * hipsterism

    hickster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rfc-def) A hick who attempts to be hip (that is, to be a hipster).
  • * 1960 , William Garland Rogers, Mildred Weston, Carnival crossroads: the story of Times Square :
    • Hawk-eyed bus-tour agents mounting watch at the intersections, flaunting printed signs tucked in the bands of their visored caps to advertise their business, claim they can spot the hickster nine times out of ten.
  • * 2006 , T. Davis Bunn, Heartland :
    • “You there, hickster ! Stop gawking! We're on the clock here! Tick, tick, time is money in Gotham.
  • * 2007 , Sam Moffie, Swap :
    • He was cool as ice, and he knew it. "All right then, hickster'," said the tough. "' Hickster ?" Sheldon said to himself.