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Rarehippy
The correct spelling is hippy.
How to pronounce hippy
noun
IPA: /ˈhɪpi/
Say it like: Hip-pee
The correct spelling is hippy. (1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.(1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
- 2.(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.
- 3.(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.
- 4.Someone who dresses in a hippie style.
- 5.One who is hip.
adjective
- 1.Having prominent or in any other way unusual hips.
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