Hippies Definition & Meaning

hippies
noun
  1. a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music

"Hippies" in song lyrics

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  • "To acid droppin' hippies"
    Eightball — I Don't Wanna Die
  • "But no free love, rock music, jugs or dirty hippies"
    Random (Mega Ran) — Mega Ran Does Dragon Warrior
  • "Brownies, cookies, servin all the hippies"
    Yelawolf — Marijuana

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