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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: HIP2

hippie

 noun
     
Related topics: Drug Culture, Sociology
hip‧pie , hippy [countable]
SSMDD someone, especially in the 1960s, who opposed violence peacefully and often wore unusual clothes, had long hair, and took drugs for pleasure
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