hipster glasses

hipster glasses

English

Noun

A young man wearing a pair of hipster glasses.

hipster glasses pl (plural only)

1. Plastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by members of the hipster and nerd subcultures.
   • 2012, Madeleine George, The Difference Between You and Me, Viking (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     “I think we totally need to talk about the StarMart thing,” a girl with chunky hipster glasses and a blunt, black bob says, and rapidly the rest of the council agrees.

   • 2012, Emily Ecton, Project Jackalope, Chronicle Books (2012), →ISBN, page 79:

     He had these watery blue eyes behind a pair of black hipster glasses and was holding a fancy camera.

   • 2014, Heather Vogel Frederick, Absolutely Truly, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2014), →ISBN, page 137:

     He was wearing hipster glasses, jeans, a red-and-white striped shirt, and red sneakers.

Synonyms

• nerd glasses