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Hipster vs Prepster - What's the difference?

hipster | prepster |

As nouns the difference between hipster and prepster

is that hipster is a person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions while prepster is a student at a prep school.

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

    prepster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A student at a prep school.
  • (US) A person who dresses or behaves in a way thought characteristic of such a student.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 22, author=Alan Feuer , title=A Place to Groove, Without Being Too Groovy, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=They are also hugely varied, and on a recent Friday night included hipsters, prepsters , fraternity boys in ball caps, soul men with their entourages, East Side girls in diamonds, Howard University grads and an old man pushing 70 in a navy flannel suit.}}

    Synonyms

    *preppie, preppy