What does hip mean?
A celebrity went to another country and there, a girl asked for his autograph.
He said, "Oh, I guess I'm still hip in this country. The kids at home don't really appreciate me anymore."
What does hip mean in this? And the kids at home does not refer to his own children, does it?
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Here, it means popular. Other related meanings would be “cool,” in style, or fashionable.
You’re correct — “the kids back home” refers to the youth audience in his home country who are too young to know him. The word “hip” is itself outdated slang.
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hip is timeous :). and the plural form of child is children, not childs :).
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In my part of America hip means cool or popular.
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Q1:This hip meas popular because he was a celebrity
Q2:The kids at home should be kids in his country as he is abroad
The key words to both questions are "celebrity and autograph "
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"hip" is a slang term, similar to "cool","in"/"in style"
so here, he is saying he is a bit surprised that he is popular in that country because he is no longer popular in his home country.
"kids" refers not to his own children, but to a segment of the population, possibly teenagers.
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