Hipster is not a "2001-2003 term," it existed decades before 2001 and continues to be popular. It sounds like you live in an area of Brooklyn that is heavily populated by hipsters - the term wouldn't be popular there, because hipsters don't call themselves hipsters.
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Hipster is not a "2001-2003 term," it existed decades before 2001 and continues to be popular. It sounds like you live in an area of Brooklyn that is heavily populated by hipsters - the term wouldn't be popular there, because hipsters don't call themselves hipsters.
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it's a term that originated around 5-6 years ago, why is everyone using it now?
I see a lot of people calling each other hipsters on forums, a term that's been out-of-use and dated here in Brooklyn for years (it's a 2001-2003 term)>... Reminds me of how everyone was calling each other emo years after the word lost its meaning in the real world. What triggered the resurgence? Why do you call everyone a hipster, even when it doesn't apply?
No one here pretends to be a gangster. Well, a couple, maybe, but they are entirely irrelevant.
Actually you're out of date.
The term is MUCH older than that and made a comeback in New York in the mid 90's and (according to you) 2001.
See above, I know it's been around before my time but the resurgence of its use was early 2000s, but I only see people using the term only lately (unless we're talking about gawker.com or pitchfork). My question is really not the origin time but why it's being used to just describe anyone people disagree with, not a very particular socio-economic class of new age slackers.