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hippie::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flower child, hippy, hipster |
| Type of | social reformer, reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist |
Examples of hippie
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He followed the hippie movement much as that cart after the Lord Mayor's parade.
From the independent.co.uk
Lately he's been sporting a mop that walks the line between hippie and homeless.
From the denverpost.com
My children's school is no hippie hugfest, but hugs and high-fives are abundant.
From the kansas.com
His hippie parents met in grad school at the University of Toronto in the 1960s.
From the businessweek.com
Kmart kicks in some hippie chic with a tie-dye-looking fuzzy beanbag dorm chair.
From the denverpost.com
In Isla Vista, I saw lettuce and kale and collard grow in public hippie gardens.
From the orlandosentinel.com
A shoulder bag with drooping fringe completed the hippie de luxe, 1970s message.
From the post-gazette.com
The overall look was part rave, part retro or part hippie, part football casual.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The voice of the hippie is based on Dennis Hopper's character in Apocalypse Now.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
- (hippies) flower people: a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
- The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s, swiftly spreading to other countries around the world. ...
- This article discusses the etymology of the word hippie.
- (Hippies (album)) Hippies is the second studio album by Austin, Texas based garage rock band Harlem. The album was recorded in 2009 at The Distillery in Costa Mesa, California and released on April 6, 2010.
- (Hippies (TV series)) Hippies was a six-part British television comedy series broadcast from 12 November to 17 December 1999. It was created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, the writing partnership most famous for Father Ted, but the scripts were written by Mathews alone. ...
- A teenager who imitated the beatniks; One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who ascribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti- ...
- (Hippies) We're all hippies, really. Still best to avoid the tie-dye, though.
- A young person who drops out of school or conventional work to join the counter-culture. In the 1960s, hippie styles included long hair, beads, and psychedelic rock music.
