hep cat
Cool jazz devotee
A hep cat is someone who's in the know—hip to what's happening, especially in jazz and swing culture.
The term emerged in the 1930s and 40s among musicians and enthusiasts who were tuned into the scene: The hep cats gathered at the club after midnight.
Now dated, it evokes the era of bebop and zoot suits.
- nightclubEvening entertainment venue
- jazz clubLive improvisational music establishment
- dance hallPublic venue for dancing
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- zoot suitExaggerated 1940s ensemble
swing · lindy hop · boogie-woogie · in the groove · scene · scat singing · jazz · flair · jitterbug · bebop · cool jazz · hot licks · groovy · jam session · syncopation · finger snapping · big band · beatnik
- vintage slangbee's knees, copacetic, groovy, hepcat, jive
- Old-timey exclamationsgolly, gee whiz, jeepers, gadzooks, fiddlesticks
cultural hipness and awareness
hep catsquare
Rhombus with right angles
unhip · cube · stuffed shirt · fuddy-duddy · stick-in-the-mud
social conformity
hep catconformist
One following accepted norms
square · organization man · philistine · straight-laced · company man