Dictionary

hiplet en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɪp.lət/

Etymology

Etymology tree English hip Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English hiplet From hip or -let. The slang sense was coined by TikToker Damion Stalino (@damionstalino) in a TikTok posted on 21 June 2026. The term was presumably coined as a parody of manlet and its use as a derogatory term for short men.

Meanings

1. (Internet, qualifier:ironically derogatory) A woman with hip dips.
   • I'm so disappointed about women falling for the hiplet bait so easily [2026 June 29, @toffee_32, X (post), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026:
   • It's not clear who actually started the trend, but there are loads of gross videos of men saying they don't like women with "hiplets". "You owe it to your kids to not reproduce with a hiplet," one video says. 2026 June 25, Ellissa Bain, “Here's what 'hiplet' means on TikTok as men start disgusting new trend that's so toxic”, in The Tab, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2026:
2. A type of pantyhose with a waistband above the hip.
   • By 1975, you might be interested to know, 75 percent of all stockings sold were in the pantyhose category. Twenty percent of the sales went for conventional stockings, and the remaining 5 percent for knee-highs or novelties, such as hiplet stockings. 1976, Candy Jones, Candy Jones' Complete Book of Beauty and Fashion, New York, N.Y. […]: Harper & Row, Publishers, →ISBN, page 152:
3. A band worn around the hips.
   • The women have a swaying, snake-like dance with waving arms and jingling of bracelets and "hiplets," if I may be allowed to coin the word. 1916, Isabel Anderson, The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines: […], Boston, M.A.: The Page Company, page 342:
   • Everybody dresses up in his most gorgeous duds with lots of paint and feathers and the women with strings and strings of snail shell anklets, bracelets and hiplets, and instead of the plain bamboo tubes that many wear in a hole just below the lower lip, they have etched and decorated ones for this occasion. 1960, Katherine MacGregor Wallis, Heads You Lose, New York, N.Y.: Carlton Press, page 103:
   • The latest thing in the paresis jewelry line is the "Kneelet," a band of precious metal worn just above the knee. The skirt, of course, is slit to suit. Next, perhaps—we blush to think of it—will be the "thighlet," or possibly the "hiplet." 1913 September 3, “Cartoons and Comments”, in Puck, volume LXXIV, number 1905, New York, N.Y.: Keppler & Schwarzmann, unnumbered page, column 3:
   • Knoxville is our home, so all Knoxvillians get special treatment! Thumb rings, toe rings, anklets, bracelets, hiplets... all below wholesale! 2000 April 4, Major, “My groups”, in knox.forsale (Usenet):
4. A small hip (external angle formed by intersection of sloping roof planes).
   • A two-storey building, originally faced in flint with an attic under a slated roof with hiplet towards the street. 2000, “Thetford”, in John Earl, Michael Sell, editors, The Theatres Trust Guide to British Theatres, 1750-1950: a Gazetteer, London: A & C Black, →ISBN, page 212, column 1:
   • For some reason its popularity waned during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, after which it all but disappeared from use. Its place was taken by roofs incorporating hip and hiplet terminals, a combination which appears never to have become as popular as that of the hip and gable. Although common during the late 18th and 19th centuries, roofs with hiplet terminals at both ends were little used before that period, and never predate the second half of the 16th century. 1990, David Martin, Barbara Martin, “Farm buildings in the Eastern Weald”, in John Warren, editor, Wealden Buildings, Horsham, West Sussex: Coach Publishing, page 135:

Forms

hiplet en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /hɪpˈleɪ/

Etymology

Blend of hip-hop + ballet.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A dance style combining ballet and hip hop.
   • It's important to note that Hiplet is in no way easier than classical ballet. As an offshoot of the form, it is still an elite physical discipline, largely performed en pointe. 2023 June 19, Cat Woods, “Hiplet Dancers on the Fusion of Classical Pointe with Hip-Hop and Urban Dance”, in The Observer, New York, N.Y.: Observer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2025:
   • Hosea bent to speak in my ear. "It's called the hiplet," he said. "It's twenty-first-century African American culture." 2022, Agnes Gomillion, The Seed of Cain, London: Titan Books, →ISBN, page 179:
   • Pointe work is an essential component of ballet; it is also important in hiplet, but here pointe work has a different, more grounded effect. Dancers master movements like the hiplet strut — walking on pointe with hips that sway from side to side — or bend their knees until their buttocks nearly brush the floor while hopping on pointe and swishing their arms back and forth. Nia Lyons, an 18-year-old hiplet dancer, calls this the duck walk. 2016 September 2, Gia Kourlas, “Hiplet: An Implausible Hybrid Plants Itself on Pointe”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2025:

hiplet en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (no-gloss) [no gloss]

Forms