(US, historical) A counterculture movement that started in the United States in the 1960s, advocating peace and love over militarism and materialism.
The hippies, meanwhile, seem to be flagging. Just for a moment, during the Flower Power summer of 1967, it looked as though they might matter but ever since they've been gradually losing momentum and last summer's Isle of Wight/Bob Dylan…
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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