In that year, Charles Goodyear accidentally dropped rubber and sulfur on a hot stovetop, causing it to char like leather yet remain plastic and elastic.

那一年，查尔斯·固特异偶然把橡胶和硫磺滴到热炉子上，引起橡胶象皮革一样焦化但依然保持良好的可塑性和弹性。

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He has an oily dab of his compatriot Maurice Chevalier, plus a stronger dose of Douglas Fairbanks, including the neat yet unvillainous mustache and the elastic bonhomie, joshing with camera crews as he does with reverent fans.

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This makes hipster the perfect definitional term for now because it's elastic enough to capture this essential eclecticism, and yet distinct enough for everyone to recognize what it distinguishes, the constellation of attitudes and accouterments deftly satirized in the YouTube hit, Hipster Olympics.

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