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The hippie subculture (also known as the flower people) began its development as a youth movement in the United States during the early 1960s and then developed around the world. Its origins may be traced to European social movements in the 19th and early 20th century such as Bohemians, with influence from Eastern religion and spirituality.
Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. In 1970, he wrote an unconventional ...
Baas – The Boss. Bakker – Baker. Beek, van – From the brook. Beekhof – garden brook. Beenhouwer – Butcher. Berg, van der – From the cliff, mountain. Berkenbosch – birch wood, a grove of birch trees. Bijl, van der – "from the axe" – i.e. descended from woodcutters ( lumberjacks) Boer, de – the Farmer.
If more traditional names (like John or Rebecca) seem a tad too formal for your free-spirited soul, here are 22 hippie baby names to consider. Now let that freak flag fly.RELATED: 15 Old-Fashioned ...
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Beat Generation and beatniks [ 5] Bikers, see motorcycle clubs and outlaw motorcycle clubs [ 6] Bōsōzoku [ 7] Bikini boys [ 8] Bills [ 9] Biopunk [ 10][ 11] Birdwatching [ 12] Bobby soxers [ 13] Bodybuilding [ 14]
Etymology of. hippie. According to lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower, the terms hipster and hippie derive from the word hip and the synonym hep, whose origins are disputed. [ 1] The words hip and hep first surfaced in slang around the beginning of the 20th century and spread quickly, making their first appearance in the Oxford English Dictionary ...
All were from the previous generation. The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era. [ 1] The bulk of their work was published and popularized by Silent Generationers in the 1950s, better known as Beatniks.