Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Media The NY Times Uses the Word "Hipster" 250 Times a Year (Thinks Brooklyn is Cool)
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- "Hi there, I am exceptionally aware of or interested in the latest trends and tastes, and am a devotee of modern jazz."
We also learn that way back in 1990 the Times used "hipster" on only 19 occasions (most likely in reference to the now apparently batshit crazy John Lurie... Have you read that New Yorker profile?! Holy shit), bumping up to a more impressive 100 in 2000, and finally plateauing to the annual average of 250 in 2005. The good news (I suppose) is that, at least per the Times, Brooklyn is hipper than Manhattan, insofar as last year 96 articles that used the word "hipster" also used the word "Brooklyn," compared to a paltry 87 when it came to "Manhattan." Pyrrhic victory, etc.
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