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| Day-glo |
a florescent paint used to give a
psychedelic effect |
| Dead Head |
a fan of the Grateful Dead |
| Defoliant |
not new to the 60's but widely
discussed because of Vietnam and Agent Orange |
| Dick |
replaced "jerk" as meaning bad or stupid (Richard -
dick - Nixon) |
| Do Your Own Thing |
just what it says, usually had a social
implication |
| Dove |
anti war, a pacifist |
| Dude |
each generation defined it a little
different, in the 60's it was a guy friend |
| Duh! |
a sarcastic exclamation in response to an obvious
statement |
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| Electric |
used as an adjective to describe something
that was psychedelic |
| Exactamundo |
exactly with a Latin ending for emphasis |
| Experience |
Jimi Hendrix took this word to a whole new
level in 1967 |
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| Far Out |
very popular phrase meaning wonderful, amazing or just simple
approval (used much more frequently than in the 50s) |
| Fat |
signifies something good or best |
| Fickle Finger of Fate |
from Rowan and Martin 's Laugh-in |
| Finger (verb) |
to betray or turn someone in to the
authorities |
| Five-O |
means police or law enforcement (from the 1968 tv show Hawaii
Five-O) |
| Flashback |
any sudden memory (not necessarily drug
related) |
| Flip Out |
to loose your cool, getting over emotional |
| Float Like a Butterfly, Sting
Like a Bee |
a phrase by Muhammad Ali to intimidate his
boxing opponents |
| Flower Child |
a hippie |
| Flower Power |
the power of peaceful, natural and free
lifestyle |
| Fragging |
a Vietnam War term involving a fragmentation hand
grenade |
| Freaked Out |
scared or crazy |
| Free Love |
making love (sex) freely - whenever, wherever and with whom
one wishes |
| Friggin |
used as an adjective in front of almost
everything in the sixties |
| Full of It |
someone who is incorrect or outright lying |
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| Gassed |
drunk, high or generally out of it |
| Generation Gap |
although not new it was much more acute during the
1960's |
| Get a Grip |
to take control of your emotions |
| Get Real |
get serious, don't fool yourself |
| Go Ape |
to do something crazy or out of the
ordinary |
| Go-Go |
dancing, nightclubs and perceived decadence |
| Granny Glasses |
round or octagonal either wire rimmed or
rimless |
| Groovy |
good, pleasing, pleasant - something that is right |
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| Hacker |
exceptional computer programmer, the first
hackers were good guys |
| Haight-Ashbury |
an intersection in San Francisco associated with the hippie
movement |
| Hair - the Musical |
a Broadway play about the 1960's hippie
culture |
| Hanoi Jane |
name given to Jane Fonda after visiting N. Vietnam |
| Hassle |
to bother, disturb or persecute
someone |
| Have a Nice Day |
a satirical way to indicate mindless thoughts |
| Head |
a person who does drugs |
| Head Shop |
store that sold drug paraphernalia and counter culture
items |
| Heat |
refers to the police or any law
enforcement |
| Heavy |
serious, profound or thought provoking |
| "hell no, we won't
go" |
the most used anti-war chant and
slogan |
| Hemp |
used to make rope and marijuana |
| High |
one could feel euphoria through
experiencing life or by using drugs |
| Hip |
to be in the know, to be cool, good, with it, happening |
| Hippie |
members of the counter culture who were
thrust into the spotlight primarily because of their anti-war
activism |
| Hit |
a drag off of a marijuana cigarette |
Pop History
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