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hippie
[ hip-ee ]
noun
- a person, especially of the late 1960s, who rejected established institutions and values and sought spontaneity, direct personal relations expressing love, and expanded consciousness, often expressed externally in the wearing of casual, folksy clothing and of beads, headbands, used garments, etc.
hippie
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
- a variant spelling of hippy 1
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“Jim was like a bearded hippie, goofball, warmhearted teddy bear in Birkenstocks. It’s such a charming performance that shows his range. You can’t get further from Tony Soprano than Albert in ‘Enough Said.’
They often communicate personal ideology, ranging from a hippie’s transmission of peace and love to a veteran’s pride in his country.
Moving the action to Seattle brings a lot less of it – it’s a wild, dangerous place strangled in conflict, governed by a military sect that makes Jackson’s militia look like a hippie horse club.
Johnson also channeled your favorite hippie aunt, claiming that money is just “digital ones and zeroes,” man.
All my phases and influences were there too: raver, goth-lite, sporty, hood and hippie.
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