Making Of A moniker

What do you call a generation that has everything except a name?

We've had yuppies and hippies, preppies and punks, beatniks and slackers. Now there's a new generation of youth culture that's making its mark but has yet to be given a name.

You've seen this crew before: the shaggy-haired musician in a black suit and a skinny tie; the set designer in a too tight vintage T shirt and a handmade denim skirt; the graphic artist in reissued Levi's and hard-to-find Nikes.

Sometimes dismissed as "hipsters" (a much maligned group with websites like www. hipstersareannoying.com to prove it), they're a discrete posse, ages 20 to 35, with their own set...

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