Bellbottoms: Pants with wide bell shaped legs worn by hippies. Bought as cheap clothing at Army/Navy surplus stores, these were NAVY issued denim pants for sailors, once they caught on they were popularized to the point that major manufacturers made them.

Benzedrine: ‘Bennies’..’Pep Pills’ ‘Uppers’. Used as diet pills, these became abused as mood elevators.

Berkeley: The primary campus of the University of California at Berkeley. The origin of the Free Speech movement where the students confronted the University’s policies regarding the right to be vocal and politically active on campus property. One of the… Continue reading →

1-A: Status determined by draft board that you are currently fit and available to serve in the military.

Bad Trip: An LSD trip that goes awry. Usually indicated by paranoia, or intense, uncontrollable feelings or rarely suicidal urges. Also used to describe any bad experience.

1-O: See Conscientious Objector.

4-F: Exemption from military service due to mental or physical disability.

Acid: see LSD.

Activist: A person who participates in protest actions. Anyone involved in a cause, usually political.

Afterglow: A state of peace that can follow after a psychedelic experience when your mind is still detached from worldly concerns. “He’s bathing in the afterglow of his last LSD trip”.