It would seem that hipsters appeared only a few years ago, flooding the streets with flannel checked shirts, transparent glasses without diopters, and muffins in their hands. But no, the term was first coined in the 1930s, and the history of the subculture originated in the U.S., in New York.
“Hipsters” defined “their own” by their special speech, their own jargon – “jive”. In those years, there was even a “Hipster’s Dictionary”, which helped to master the language of hip-cats.
A hipster could be anyone who put himself against the fuzzy “them”. Against the system, against society, against the normal way of life. The movement had its own sophisticated and improvisational music – b-bop. The hipster could also be distinguished by his special style of dress: black sweaters with a high collar, black glasses, scarves, berets.