Complete Definition of "hippie"

see|Hippie
English

Alternative spellings
hippy

Pronunciation
hĭp'i, /�hɪpi/, /<tt>"hIpi</tt>/
:Rhymes:English:-ɪpi|Rhymes: -ɪpi

Adjective
hippie

  1. Of or pertaining to hippies: e.g., �the hippie era�.
  2. Colloquial Not conforming to generally accepted standards: e.g., �Despite being for the widely-used Windows operating system, rather than using the commonly-used RAR or ZIP file-compression formats, they used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead�.

Synonyms
beatnik

Related terms
hip<!-- Um, we say it is -->
hippietrail

Noun
en-noun

  1. italbrac|originally in the 1960s; still widely used in reference to that era 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 pacifist|pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.
  2. a. Someone with long hair: specifically, of a hair length that is considered unconventionally long in relation to one�s gender, age, ethnicity, or land of origin b. Someone who dresses in a hippie style
  3. One who is hip
  4. italbrac|in the 1950s A teenager who imitated the Beatniks

Synonyms
beatnik

Related terms
hip<!-- definitely related? --><!-- Um, we say it is -->
hippietrail

Translations
Chinese: ��
Finnish: hippi (1, 3, 4)
German: Hippie m
Icelandic: hippi m
Japanese: ���� (hippī)
Korean: ��

See also
feral
w:Hippie|Wikipedia article on hippies

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Revision and Credits for"hippie"
  • 2007-11-27 05:02 - Hippietrail - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/BigBadBen|BigBadBen]] ([[User_talk:BigBadBen|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Connel MacKenzie|Connel MacKenzie]]

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