Word Finder - hippies

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(1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks.

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(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes 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-war sentiment, etc.

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(modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and wearing unusually long hair (for males), and because of it, often stereotyped as a deadbeat.

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Someone who dresses in a hippie style.

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One who is hip.

There were more hippies in Telluride back then.

You want to get everyone from tree-hugging hippies to crazed paranoid gunmen.

You've seen them on peace sign-flashing hippies in the 70s.

Mike, who calls himself " editor " hates hippies!

The survey has been conducted by Internet service provider Freeserve following the return of an advertising campaign for the firm featuring hippies and druids.

A bit of T&A and a few hairy hippies was one thing, but dissing The Boss's Lad was in a different galaxy.

Another vortex phenomenon case involved a group of young hippies who were camped out inside Stonehenge when the stones were struck by lightning.

The Fantastic Four was for long haired proto- hippies.

The radical hippies were liberals in the social sense of the word.

Handcuffed hippies were led away, crying children separated from their parents, lost dogs and vehicles abandoned by the roadside.

The hippies in charge of the society back then would never have condoned such common vulgarity.

Entry-level recreational fun from Volkswagen starts from £ 34,000, so only well-heeled former hippies need apply.

It 's also spearheaded a culture with its regulars being a mixture of hippies, dreadlocks, scuzz rockers and fanzine writers.

Ah you all scoffed at me when I whinged about hippies taking over the site !

There was a time when a large percentage of the population felt that eco friendly houses were just for treehuggers, hippies, and celebrities.

It also ties in well with a Hippies themed birthday party.

As jeans became more popular in the 1960s, with nearly everyone wearing them, it was no wonder that a lot of hippies gravitated towards men's denim vests to add to their look.

Vests can be gotten easily enough and denim is hard to sew, but for bikers or hippies, one popular way of getting the perfect vest is to cut the arms off a jean jacket that has seen better days.

Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It was the years of free spirits, flower children and hippies.

The Hippies of the Vietnam era were replaced by the Yuppies of the "Me Generation".

This generation will go down in history with the bobby sockers and the hippies as an unforgettable trend.

In 1967, Timothy Leary held his famous Human-Be-In, considered the kick-off to the Summer of Love, where thousands of hippies were encouraged to tune in, turn on, and drop out.

A subgroup of the 1960 culture was the hippies.

Seen in tie-dyes, free-flowing skirts and beads, the hippies' psychedelic style was as unique as their personalities.

The complete opposite style from the hippies was Jacqueline Kennedy.

The peasant look suited hippies perfectly, with flowing hair matching flowing clothes.

Hippies, hula dancers and the Statue of Liberty (also not much of a stretch) were all captured for posterity.

There are also 1960s flower power hippies and Mod girl costumes from which to choose.

Instead, think reality TV shows, where the producers match country boys with city girls, hippies with yuppies, and so on.

In as much as the hippies were forging an identity new and different from their forebears, the floral design of a painted purse was nothing new.

Sixties' theme - Little hippies will love this idea.

It's true, hippies are all about getting back to nature.

Hair focuses on the story of "The Tribe" - or the so-called "Hippies of the Age of Aquarius."

Although the song downs hippies and derides liberal causes, fans from all spectrums of the political field love to sing along.

The site features paisley, semi-psychedelic layouts reminiscent of Peter Max, layouts with pictures of the model Twiggy and layouts with hippies and flower children.

Keep in mind that while the owners of the restaurant may be hippies, they are certainly not vegetarians.

That was back when there were a slew of hippies here.

Everyone from small children to aging hippies seemed to be having a blow.

His admirers have included hippies, punk rockers, readers of science fiction, football fans.

Would any of them, had they arrived at adolescence in the sixties, have become hippies?

Them hippies were coming and going all the time.