Hippy

Word HIPPY
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈhɪpi/

Definitions and meanings of "Hippy"

What do we mean by hippy?

Alternative spelling of hippie. noun

Having prominent or in any other way unusual hips. adjective

Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle noun

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

(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.

(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.

Someone who dresses in a hippie style.

One who is hip.

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The word "hippy" in example sentences

I'll kid around with him, but I never really took the term hippy as an insult. ❋ Marilynnv (2005)

Sadly, I am of the generation that only got to hear about them in hippy sex ed classes in San Francisco. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Some opened wholefood co-ops in hippy havens, before tragically becoming Calderdale Labour Council Leaders and finally deputy chairman of quango the Countryside Agency, a role for which she would appear to have few qualifications beyond knowing one end of a mung bean from the other, and doubtless a knowledge of the best magic mushroom fields in the Pennines. ❋ Laban (2005)

Reminiscing about late 1940s Harlem in his 1964 autobiography, Malcolm X referred to the word hippy as a term African Americans used to describe a specific type of white man who "acted more Negro than Negroes." ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

April 28th, 2006 at 5: 32 pm katy says: thanks for that neil young story, stupid r. – have been waiting to hear about that release – surely it will be on itunes? but, in the future, a short blurb and the link would be a better idea than pasting the whole thing – it tands to unnerve some people, myself included … but this old hippy is anxious to hear neil rant again … thanks! ❋ Unknown (2006)

i would expect hell kind of an experience if i was to pay $ 650 to some game gadget. nixon in hippy setup maybe. ❋ Unknown (2005)

From the virtual get-go, smug haters, like those seen on the CNBC channel, dismissed the protestors as a collection of rag-tag hippy dirtbags who blew off showering. ❋ Michael Woods (2011)

I think the jackets are really retro cute, but definitely not for hippo (um, hippy, that is) me. ❋ Kittenpie (2007)

It was an event that help define the so-called hippy generation. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the several days after the crime, there was even signs in the so-called hippy establishments in the Fayetteville area, signs satisfying "Help the Fuzz." ❋ Unknown (2006)

Most would be described as hippy-ish; lotsa tie dye. ❋ Unknown (2006)

After the crab cook out, we drove out to visit what would probably have been described as a hippy commune in the 70s, but is now probably referred to as a sustainable community- ecologically sound, environmentally friendly and awash with dreadlocked and multiply pierced surfer and alternative types. ❋ Uknaija (2006)

LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: The case of Ira Einhorn, the so-called hippy guru, who had been on the run for 20, 25 years now, has been found guilty of killing his girlfriend. ❋ Unknown (2002)

India was known as the hippy trail, Kathmandu was renowned for its hashish shops and the first Lonely Planet guidebook even suggested the ❋ Unknown (2009)

I then started taking some kind of hippy nut spread on rice cakes and was teased incessantly by the other kids about eating cardboard etc. ❋ Homesick Texan (2009)

Emilia is totally that kind of hippy girl, and I love it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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