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hypester en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhaɪ̯ps.tə(ɹ)/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From hype + -ster.

Meanings

  1. One who uses hype to promote or advertise.
    • Up pops a hypester, intruding on their dinner, to announce that the brew is an "instant" brand. 1990, Dan D. Nimmo, James E. Combs, Mediated political realities:
    • They didn't need to be first in sales; they didn't have to compete with the hypesters. Louis junior could honestly say that the wines he made were sound. 1990, James Conaway, Napa:

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