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by ewzimm 4605 days ago
In summary: dude originally meant "hipster."
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Which leads to another problem, that "hipster" has more or less lost all meaning. So perhaps another parallel should be drawn.
Now I'm curious as to the origin of "hipster"...
In 1940s the term "hipster", it seems, stood for a person who was cool, "hip": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%281940s_subculture%29

This might interest you as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie_%28etymology%29

Apparently. Which tells you that nothing new actually is. It also makes you wonder what a Roman hipster would have been like in Caesar's time.
Caesar was considered a 'hipster' in his time (prior to his conquest). He supported plebian donatives and programs, which created a populist support base but engendered distrust and hatred from the Optimates (conservatives). He was also said to have a different style of dress than was the norm.
Then a hipster is a leftist with weird clothes?
a greek.
"I used to make burnt offerings to Athena before it was cool."
You mean Minerva.
Greek culture and language were a prestige thing in classical Rome; they were practiced by the very upper crust of society. There's a reason Julius Caesar's last words were said to have been in Greek.

I don't think hipsters have achieved quite that level of glamour.