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03-23-2016, 03:25 PM
The original hipster was a manic jazz pianist in the 1940s
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1948
Harry "The Hipster" Gibson performs with his band in New York.
Image: William P. Gottlieb/Library of Congress
In the first decade of the 20th century, the words "hep" and "hip" were used interchangeably to mean “aware.” The precise origin of the words is unk**wn, though one theory suggests slaves from Senegal used the word*xipi (pro**unced*"hippy" or "hippeh"*in the native Wolof language), which*means “to have your eyes open*and be aware."
Calling someone hip or hep became a way to **te their sophistication, coolness or k**wledge of fashion. It was particularly prevalent in the world of jazz, where the coolest and most in-the-k**w characters were called "hepcats." In 1939, Cab Calloway published his lexicon of jazz vernacular, Cab Calloway's Hepster’s Dictionary: Language of Jive, a pun on Webster’s Dictionary. "Hepster" came to mean a white fan of jazz Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/23/harry-the-hipster/)
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1948
Harry "The Hipster" Gibson performs with his band in New York.
Image: William P. Gottlieb/Library of Congress
In the first decade of the 20th century, the words "hep" and "hip" were used interchangeably to mean “aware.” The precise origin of the words is unk**wn, though one theory suggests slaves from Senegal used the word*xipi (pro**unced*"hippy" or "hippeh"*in the native Wolof language), which*means “to have your eyes open*and be aware."
Calling someone hip or hep became a way to **te their sophistication, coolness or k**wledge of fashion. It was particularly prevalent in the world of jazz, where the coolest and most in-the-k**w characters were called "hepcats." In 1939, Cab Calloway published his lexicon of jazz vernacular, Cab Calloway's Hepster’s Dictionary: Language of Jive, a pun on Webster’s Dictionary. "Hepster" came to mean a white fan of jazz Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/23/harry-the-hipster/)
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