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Here are all those groovy terms
\nthat hippies use and what they mean. If you have something to add to this
\nlist, please let us know.<\/a>
\nYou can search this page by going to Edit, Find on your menu bar or Cntl-F.<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

Also check out Famous
\nHippy Quotes<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n<\/center><\/p>\n

<\/a>1-A:<\/b> Status determined by draft board that you
\nare currently fit and available to serve in the military.<\/p>\n

1-O:<\/b> See Conscientious Objector.<\/p>\n

4-F:<\/b> Exemption from military service due to mental or physical
\ndisability.
\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n
Buy<\/a>2001
\n– A Space Odyssey: <\/b> Written by Arthur C Clarke. The movie
\nwas directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was touted as the ultimate trip
\nin this poster. And many people took those words to heart as this
\nwas indeed a great trip. Man’s evolution is directed to the stars
\nby strange black obelisks. Hal, the irrepressible silicon concierge is
\nup to his tricks in interplanetary hijinks. The special effects are now
\nclassics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Acapulco Gold:<\/b> Legendary Mexican marijuana from the 60s.
\nToday it wouldn’t be considered so special, but back then it was great!<\/p>\n

Acid: see
\n<\/b>LSD.<\/p>\n

Acid Tests:<\/b> Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters did the first
\nAcid Tests. These were events were everyone dropped acid together
\nfor an extraordinary group experience. Tom Wolfe wrote The Electric
\nKool-Aid Acid Test about the experiences of Ken Kesey the Merry Pranksters.<\/p>\n

Activist:<\/b> A person who participates in protest actions.
\nAnyone involved in a cause, usually political.<\/p>\n

Afterglow:<\/b> A state of peace that can follow after a psychedelic
\nexperience when your mind is still detached from worldly concerns.
\nHe’s bathing in the afterglow of his last LSD trip.<\/p>\n

Agnew, Spiro T.: <\/b>Vice President during Nixon’s reign, he antagonized
\nalmost everyone but expecially liberals with his verbal rantings.
\nHe claimed the antiwar movement was the work of an effete corps of impudent
\nsnobs. He survived a bribery scandal but was convicted of income tax evasion
\nhe was forced to resign much to everyone’s delight. Recently declassifed
\nFBI files show Agnew did receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks
\nas Govenor and Vice President.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Allman
\nBrothers:<\/b> Southern rock Band popular in the early 70s, played the Fillmore.
\nMidnight Rider, Melissa, Ramblin’ Man some of their hits.<\/p>\n

Altamont:<\/b> Controversial, ill fated rock concert headlined by
\nthe Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane at Altamont Speedway on Dec.24,
\n1969. Hells Angels, acting as security, had their hands full as people
\nkept rushing the stage. One man pulled a gun, and the Angels killed him.
\nThe film Gimme Shelter documenting the concert was used in evidence to
\nclear the Angels.<\/p>\n

Antiwar Movement: <\/b>The organized resistance by students, veterans
\nand other activists against the draft and Vietnam War in the 1960s and
\nearly ’70s. Rallies, marches, speeches, teach-ins, sit-ins, slogans, banners,
\nand songs were some of the non-violent tactics used to get the message
\nout.<\/p>\n

Asanas:<\/b> Sanskrit word. A series of body postures that stretch
\nand tone muscles, increase endurance, and improve flexibility. Along with
\nbreathing and meditation they make up the practice of Hatha Yoga.<\/p>\n

Ashram:<\/b> A monastery where monks practice yoga.<\/p>\n

Astral Plane:<\/b> A dimension of existence beyond the physical world.
\nA place where disembodied spirits dwell. Many attempt to contact the astral
\nplane through meditation or by using psychic energy.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Babe:<\/b> Affectionate term for female, now with
\nslightly different meaning.<\/p>\n

Baby:<\/b> Similar to Babe.<\/p>\n

Bad Acid: <\/b>Poorly made LSD, probably cut with speed which causes
\na bad trip. Some people at Woodstock downed some bad acid and the
\ncrowd was warned about it, making the term instantly popular.<\/p>\n

Bad Trip:<\/b> An LSD trip that goes awry. Usually indicated
\nby paranoia, or intense, uncontrollable feelings or rarely suicidal urges.
\nAlso used to describe any bad experience.<\/p>\n

Baez, Joan: <\/b>Singer, songwriter, antiwar activist, Joan went to
\njail for her participation in antiwar rallies.<\/p>\n

Bag:<\/b> What you’re into. Your profession\/obsession.
\nWhat you enjoy. I hear your bag’s nude meditation on acid!<\/p>\n

Ball:<\/b> To have sex. I hear Mountain’s been balling your old girlfriend
\nHarmony.<\/p>\n

Ban the Bomb: <\/b>Slogan calling for the end of nuclear weapons.
\nThe hippies were a generation raised in fear of THE BOMB. Trained
\nas children to hide under school desks in air raid drills, they grew up
\nto understand there was no hiding from nuclear war.<\/p>\n

Ban the Bra<\/b>: Slogan symbolizing the Feminist Movement, women’s
\nrights and the sexual liberation of the 60s.<\/p>\n

Beat Generation: See Beatniks <\/b> Term coined by Jack Kerouac.
\n

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Buy<\/a>Beatles,
\nThe:<\/b> John, Paul, George and Ringo. Does anyone NOT know who these
\nguys are? That is a testament to how great this band was. Originally
\nfrom Liverpool, England the Beatles took America by storm in 1964.
\nIt was the start of what became known as The British Invasion. They went
\non to record some of the most popular singles and albums in history.
\nThere was something about the synergy of their talents and their willingness
\nto push the music experience in new directions that took us all on a Magical
\nMystery Tour we can never forget.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Beatlemania<\/b>: Used to describe the virtual hysteria that accompanied
\nthe Beatles on their tours. Also refers to the successful marketing
\nof the Beatles, their records and other products.<\/p>\n

Beatniks: <\/b>Derived from the term beat, beatniks were the precursors
\nof the hippies. This tribe included authors Allen Ginsberg, Jack
\nKerouac, William S. Burroughs and others who believed the essence in life
\nis to follow your desires and experience all life has to offer. The
\nbeat music scene included jazz, folk and the emerging rock music.
\nBeatniks had hangouts like Greenwich Village in New York when they weren’t
\nOn the Road. Beatniks experimented with unusual living arrangements,
\ndrugs, and innovative art. Word attributed to Herb Caen, a San Francisco
\ncolumnist describing the Beat Generation in 1958.<\/p>\n

Beautiful People:<\/b> Used to describe hippies or cool persons.<\/p>\n

Bean bag chair:<\/b> A big amorphous chair covered with Naugahyde
\nvinyl (or leather or other material)…usually filled with little styrofoam
\nballs. You could sit in it and it would shape itself to you.
\nThey were very comfortable and relaxing.<\/p>\n

Be-In: <\/b>One of the first gatherings of
\nhippies, January 14, 1967 at the Polo field in Golden Gate Park. It was
\ncalled A Gathering of the Tribes. In attendance were the Grateful
\nDead, the Jefferson Airplane, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, and thousands
\nof stoned hippies with painted faces, beads, bells, robes, etc. The
\nDiggers were there giving out free food. There was no big reason
\nto be there, other than to be there, hence a Be-In. An event where
\nyou groove on everyone else.<\/font><\/p>\n

Bellbottoms:<\/b> Pants with wide bell shaped
\nlegs worn by hippies. <\/font>Bought as cheap clothing at Army\/Navy surplus
\nstores, these were NAVY issued denim pants for sailors, once they caught
\non they were popularized to the point that major manufacturers made them.<\/p>\n

Benzedrine:<\/b> ‘Bennies’..’Pep Pills’ ‘Uppers’. Used
\nas diet pills, these became abused as mood elevators.<\/p>\n

Berkeley:<\/b> The primary campus of the University of California
\nat Berkeley. The origin of the Free Speech movement where the students
\nconfronted the University’s policies regarding the right to be vocal and
\npolitically active on campus property. One of the centers of the
\nprotest movement in the 60’s. Sproul Plaza was a gathering place
\nfor the protests.<\/p>\n

Birkenstocks<\/b> – These are sandals that were all the rage in the
\nearly 70’s. They are shaped to your foot and toes with a fair amount
\nof support. Unfortunately they’re not for everyone, as I could never get
\na pair that felt right for my feet.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a>Black
\nMuslim Movement:<\/b> Black separatist movement advocating racial
\ndivision and separation from White society. Two of these developed. One
\nwas under Elijah Muhammed. Malcolm X was part of this movement and chose
\nto splinter off into a separate movement when he found himself in disagreement
\nwith Elijah Muhammed over the approach to separatism, Islam, and religious
\nphilosophy.<\/p>\n

Black Panthers: <\/b>Armed, radical black political
\naction group. Panthers were a response to the victimization of Black people
\nby the white majority. It’s leaders were imprisoned on various charges.
\nSee<\/font> Black Power<\/p>\n

Black Power: <\/b>Attributed to Stokely Carmichael who used it to
\nencourage blacks to attain more political clout. <\/b>For a time
\nthis was a uniting theme among black people in the U.S. It became
\na rallying cry for action against the racial injustice of the 50s and 60s.
\nBlack activists were ready to fight the system. Huey Newton, Bobby
\nSeal, Eldridge Cleaver of the Black Panthers, Stokely Carmichael, Dick
\nGregory and Angela Davis were leaders in this radical movement. Some
\nadvocated revolution and the overthrow of the U.S. government. The
\nBlack Power movement struck fear into the heart of America’s bigots and
\nall the leaders were soon in jail, sometimes on trumped up charges, sometimes
\non real crimes. In any case the movement fractured, but the legacy
\nof radical black activism had left its mark on America’s psyche.<\/p>\n

Black is Beautiful!<\/b>: Slogan used to instill pride among black
\nAmericans.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a>Blacklight:<\/b>
\nA special purple light that causes certain colored paint to glow brightly
\nin the dark. Found in head shops, they are used to add a psychedelic
\neffect to posters and body paints.<\/p>\n

Blast:<\/b> A really great party or time. British origin?
\nWe had a blast at the Stones concert!<\/p>\n

<\/a>Blind
\nFaith:<\/b> Rock group with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker from Cream and Steve
\nWinwood from Traffic. Famous album cover shown.<\/p>\n

Blotter:<\/b> A type of LSD on assorted colorful paper, cut into small
\ndoses.<\/p>\n

Blow:<\/b> Cocaine. To waste something. Don’t blow your dough
\non that Schwag. <\/p>\n

Blow Your Mind:<\/b> Surprise you in a mind expanding way by something
\nunbelievable. She really blew my mind with that head trip.<\/p>\n

Bong: <\/b>A long cylindrical tube with a bowl,
\nused to smoke marijuana tobacco or other substances.<\/font><\/p>\n

Body Paint:<\/b> To paint designs, words or slogans on one’s body
\nparts. Usually in wild patterns and often in paints that would glow under
\nBlacklight. Body painting wasn’t invented in the 60’s. Its a very old form
\nof decoration.<\/p>\n

Bogart:<\/b> To hog a joint while others are waiting. Term refers
\nto Humphrey Bogart, who usually had a cigarette dangling from his mouth.<\/p>\n

Brand, Stewart:<\/b> Produced the Whole Earth Catalog, The Trips Festival,
\nfounded The WELL, the Point Foundation, Global Business Network, the Long
\nNow Foundation, the Co-Evolution Quarterly, on the board of directors of
\nthe Electronic Frontier Foundation.<\/p>\n

Bread:<\/b> Money. Hey man, gotta any bread for the groceries?<\/p>\n

Bring Down:<\/b> Something or someone that ruins your day, and makes
\nyou lose your high. My ol’ man’s bringin’ me down.<\/p>\n

Bro:<\/b> Used to describe any male friend. Usually someone
\nyou can trust. A brother.<\/p>\n

Buds:<\/b> Not beer, but cannabis flowers.<\/p>\n

Bug:<\/b> To bother someone. Quit buggin’ me!<\/p>\n

Bummer:<\/b> A bad thing.<\/p>\n

Bum Trip:<\/b> See Bad Trip.<\/p>\n

Bunk:<\/b> Bad drugs (fake not real like bunk doses).<\/p>\n

Bunker:<\/b> Someone who sells fake drugs, rips people off.<\/p>\n

Burn:<\/b> To get ripped off. I got burned on that dope deal.
\nAlso to get mad. I’m all burned up about that dope deal!<\/p>\n

Burn Baby Burn!<\/b>: Slogan used to describe rioting during Black
\nuprisings in U.S. cities during the civil strife of the late 60s. Detroit,
\nWatts, Chicago, Cleveland and other cities experienced days of rioting
\nand arson. See the Hippyland
\nCalendar<\/a> for what happened when.<\/p>\n

Burn-out:<\/b> Too many drugs, unable to handle a situation that has
\ngotten too familiar. Wasted feelings of repeatition. Inability to function.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Burroughs,
\nWilliam S. :<\/b> Beat author wrote autobiographical Naked Lunch about
\nhis life as a drug addict, murderer and homosexual. Other books include
\nJunky and Queer. Burroughs’ thing was personal freedom. To him
\nthis meant breaking all the rules, which he did whenever he could. Burroughs’
\ntalent is undeniable. Depite (or because of?) being a junkie, he
\nwas able to convey what it’s like to be living on the dark edge of reality.
\nHis intake of all sorts of drugs obviously inspired some people to experiment.
\nMany beats and hippies can relate to Burroughs’ life situation as a social
\noutcast from mainstream American society (remember much of this happened
\nin the 50’s). Burroughs wrote about those things that no other writer
\nof his time (except Allen Ginsberg) would consider suitable subjects.
\nIndeed the publishing and subsequent banning of Naked Lunch turned into
\na landmark case for free speech in America. Burroughs influenced many around
\nhim including other authors and musicians.<\/p>\n

Busted: <\/b> To get arrested. Did you hear? Joe
\ngot busted for loitering.
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<\/p>\n\n\n
Buy<\/a>Byrds,
\nThe:<\/b> David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, and Barry McGuire took everybody
\nEight Miles High while Mr. Tambourine Man played a song for us on our record
\nplayers (remember them?).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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