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hipdom

hipdom noun: the realm or status of being hip.

Noun

hipdom (uncountable)

  1. The realm or status of being hip.
    • The store, which she owns and operates with her partner, Tom Murphy, has gained in hipdom over the years, she asserted.2007 November 15, Ruth La Ferla, “Greenwich Village With Peach Trees”, in New York Times

Origin of hipdom

From hip + -dom.

Questions about hipdom

What does hipdom mean?
Hipdom means the realm or status of being hip.
What part of speech is hipdom?
Hipdom is a noun.

Words near hipdom in the dictionary

  1. hipball
  2. hipberries
  3. hipberry
  4. hipbone
  5. hipbones
  6. hipdom
  7. hipe
  8. hiped
  9. hiper
  10. hipers
  11. hipes

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