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mipster

noun

Etymology

Blend of Muslim + hipster.

  1. derived from *ḱewb-✻
  2. inherited from *hupiz✻
  3. inherited from hype
  4. inherited from hipe
  5. formed as hipster — “hip + -ster”
  6. compounded as mipster — “Muslim + hipster”

Definitions

  1. A Muslim hipster.

    • 2016, Mipsters: like hipsters, but Muslim, The Guardian That’s what a mipster is? A Muslim hipster? Yes.
    • In response to the anti-Islam ads posted in the New York City subway last year, Mipsterz got together and helped build The Quran Project, combating inaccurate representations of Islam.
    • 2015, “I consider myself a mipster”: How Muslim hipsters are forging their own identity, Salon Iran and Turkey are some of the biggest mipster communities that I’ve ever seen!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA