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- noun Alternative spelling of
hippie . - adjective Having prominent or in any other way
unusual hips.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
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Examples
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I'll kid around with him, but I never really took the term hippy as an insult.
marilynnv Diary Entry marilynnv 2005
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Sadly, I am of the generation that only got to hear about them in hippy sex ed classes in San Francisco.
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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.
Pointy Heads Laban 2005
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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."
Archive 2007-10-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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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.
July 10, 2005 Laban 2005
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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.
Archive 2005-07-10 Laban 2005
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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!
Think Progress » Contrary To Administration Predictions, Iraq War Contributing To High Oil Prices 2006
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i would expect hell kind of an experience if i was to pay $ 650 to some game gadget. nixon in hippy setup maybe.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The Xbox 360 Experience Comes with $650 Price Tag? 2005
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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: Zuccotti Park Day 54: No Smell of Urine or Feces Michael Woods 2011
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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: Zuccotti Park Day 54: No Smell of Urine or Feces Michael Woods 2011
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