as a wannabe hipster who plans on moving to silverlake this year and getting a french bulldog, i found the following glossary of hipster terms hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-larious. as a disclaimer, these seem to be pretty new york city williamsburg hipster specific (as opposed to los angeles silverlake hipsters) but i love it anyway. enjoy!
beacon - one's best outfit
Mary is really stylish, she is always dressed to the beacon.
bennie - hat
It's cold out today, let me grab my bennie.
berries - dollars
Can I borrow a couple of berries? I want to go to Diesel.
bleeker - tourist
Every time I'm in the city some bleeker asks me for directions.
boggle - vomit
If I have another shot of whiskey, I'm gonna boggle.
bronson - beer
Want to go to the Brooklyn Ale House for a bronson?
brumby - bar
There is a new brumby on the Northside, but it is totally midtown.
bust a moby - to dance
Lets go to the Tunnel and bust a moby.
catching the G - sour luck, to be put in a bad position.
Ever since Todd got laid off, he has been broke - he's really catching the G.
chipper - woman of easy virtue
She will peach anyone after one bronson - she's a real chipper.
chowder - alcoholic beverage
Enids has half price chowder until 7pm. Let's get shellacked!
CK1 - bisexual
I saw him looking at my ass, he's a CK1.
clothesline - local gossip
Yo, I heard on the clothesline that she is sleeping with Billy
cronkite - boy
Have you seen Sally's new cronkite? He is a such a frado.
daisy - a gay male.
I feel like a daisy for admitting it, but I think it is totally deck.
deck - a key word for most hipsters, similar to the antiquated "fresh."
That cronkite looks deck in those cowboy boots.
flame - to urinate
I have to take a flame.
flavorless - straight and/or heterosexual
He kinks his hair and wears tight pants, but he's definitely flavorless.
flogger - coat
I bought this wool flogger at the Antique Boutique. It was only 80 berries!
frado - an ugly guy who thinks he's good-looking
Bill thinks all the girls love him, but they all know he's frado.
to frigidaire - to treat coldy
I don't know what her problem is, but she gives me the frigidaire every time I see her.
gluten - to eat
I'm starving, let's gluten.
greaser: An individual who comes from or resides in New Jersey
Frank has a mullet and acts like a greaser when he is shellacked.
hilfiger - some who has no fashion sense
You'd think he had no kale, he dresses so hilfiger.
hog - a taxi, car service
Do you have your piece? I want to call a hog since its raining.
hypo - a coke head
Mike 's such a hypo, I saw him boggle on North 6th after getting really shellacked.
ishtar - bad
Yo, that shit was ishtar.
jerry - a stoner, hippie
My pits smell totally ishtar. I feel like a jerry.
juicer - a lady's man; individual who has undeniable sex appeal.
I wish he would ask me out, he's such a juicer.
jug - a 40 ounce bottle of domestic beer.
Tassles respect me. I can drink a whole jug and still bust a mean moby.
kale - money
Yo Kim, can you slide me some kale? I'm still waiting for my mom to send rent.
midtown - uncultured
He's never heard of Hal Hartley. He's so midtown.
nancy - buttocks
Have you seen her Nancy?
peaching - to have sex
She's got such a tight bod. I'd love to peach her.
piece - cell phone
John is such a nerd. He doesn't even have a piece.
raphaels - glasses
Do these raphaels go with my flogger? I don't know if I like the new frames or not.
shellacked - drunk
I was so shellacked last night that I lost count of how many chowders I had drunk!
tassle - girl
Jim is definitely a frado, but somehow he gets a new tassle every night.
uni - university
Jane is nice but I just can't be friends with someone who went to a public uni.
vejjo - vegetarian
As if I would ever go to Peter Lugers. Nothing there is vejjo.
wally - well-dressed man, a ladie's man
That blonde haired guy we saw at Enids is so Wally.
