Members Will Chen Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 Because of the extremely productive nature of the English language, it's easy to make words fit into different parts of speech. So yes, Hipster is a noun, but it can be used as an adjective when describing something ("Adam is a hipster" or "Wow, that thing sure is hipstery"). It could also be turned into a verb if you wanted to saying that someone was hipstering, or as an adverb ("hipster dancing"). If anyone doesn't believe me, look at this sentence I just came up with: "On his way to the hipster, the hipster hipstered past the other hipster while hipstering." Completely meaningless, but it follows the rules of the English language. That is amazing. You actually never used the word hipster directly as an adjective in your argument that hipster is an adjective... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Folky_Grunge Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 That is amazing. You actually never used the word hipster directly as an adjective in your argument that hipster is an adjective... An adjective modifies a noun. Saying something "is a hipster" is modifying it; so is describing it as "hipstery." It's the same usage as saying "The hall is dark" (saying what the noun is like) or "That amp looks cool and tweed-y" (describing the noun). English contains all the affixes it does so words can be modified to fit whatever context they need to. Maybe strict language prescriptivists wouldn't agree, but I'm talking about the usage in a descriptive context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterstomach Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 An adjective modifies a noun. Saying something "is a hipster" is modifying it; so is describing it as "hipstery." It's the same usage as saying "The hall is dark" (saying what the noun is like) or "That amp looks cool and tweed-y" (describing the noun).English contains all the affixes it does so words can be modified to fit whatever context they need to. Maybe strict language prescriptivists wouldn't agree, but I'm talking about the usage in a descriptive context. saying "adam is a hipster" is using the word as an objective noun, not an adjective. It's like saying "i am a man". Man is not an adjective there, it is the object. You could say "adam is wearing a hipster shirt". I think that sentence proves your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members big_cat Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 tl;dr: if you believe hipsters exist, you were probably a young republican and that's that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Folky_Grunge Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 saying "adam is a hipster" is using the word as an objective noun, not an adjective. It's like saying "i am a man". Man is not an adjective there, it is the object. You could say "adam is wearing a hipster shirt". I think that sentence proves your point. It probably depends on how the word is being used, but I was thinking that hipster is descriptive in that context. Yeah, the "a" makes it a little iffy (I guess "Adam is hipster-ish" would be better), but I was intending the word as a descriptor, not as a pronoun, although I guess it could be read as either. English has too much potential for ambiguity. But, the sentence isn't something like "Adam likes hipsters," where hipster is clearly being used an an objective noun, saying something "is" something usually implies some sort of description. Your example is a lot clearer, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reauchambeau Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 grimes is an artist like tyler perry is a filmmaker. when you're a recording artist with 4 albums under your belt and you have art exhibits in New York, you qualify as an "artist". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Picklebottom Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 and tyler perry is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 please see the official tyler perry thread sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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