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hipification

hipification noun: the effects on a neighborhood of an influx of hipsters.

Noun

hipification (uncountable)

  1. (US, informal) The effects on a neighborhood of an influx of hipsters.
    • He is, in large part, responsible for the hipification (some may say the crassification) of the neighborhood, a district east of SoHo and south of the East Village.2007 June 3, Allen Salkin, “Lower East Side Is Under a Groove”, in New York Times

Origin of hipification

From hip + -ification.

Questions about hipification

What does hipification mean?
Hipification means the effects on a neighborhood of an influx of hipsters.
What part of speech is hipification?
Hipification is a noun.

Words near hipification in the dictionary

  1. hipflasks
  2. Hipgrave
  3. hiphop
  4. hiphugger
  5. hiphuggers
  6. hipification
  7. hiping
  8. Hipkin
  9. Hipkins
  10. Hipkinses
  11. hiplength

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