HIPPY
What does "HIPPY" mean?
A person, especially of the 1960s counterculture, who rejects conventional values; a variant spelling of hippie.
Meanings
- A member of the 1960s-70s counterculture, typically rejecting mainstream norms and favouring peace, communal living, and psychedelic style. His parents were hippies who met at a festival and never quite left the commune behind. informal
- Having wide or large hips. The pattern was cut generously for a hippy figure. informal
Did you know?
- A 'hippy' is the older brother of 'hip': both descend from a jazz-age sense of 'hip' meaning aware or in the know, not from anything to do with hips.
Word origin
From 'hip' (aware, fashionable, in the know) + the diminutive '-y'/'-ie'; 'hip' is of uncertain origin, possibly from 1900s African American slang.
Remember it
Two spellings split by one letter: a HIPPY has wide hips; a HIPPIE wears the flowers. The 'y' bends, the 'ie' blooms.
A little poem
Bare feet, a guitar, a slogan in chalk-
they tuned out the war and tuned in the talk.
The flowers all wilted; the questions still walk.
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Wordplay
- The hippy tailor only made one kind of trouser - wide, easy, and totally counter-cut. Both the cloth and the customer had room to spare.
What it teaches
Every counterculture is a culture in waiting; today's rebellion is tomorrow's nostalgia.
Quick facts
What does HIPPY mean?
A person, especially of the 1960s counterculture, who rejects conventional values; a variant spelling of hippie.
Is HIPPY a valid word?
Yes — HIPPY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HIPPY?
HIPPY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does HIPPY come from?
From 'hip' (aware, fashionable, in the know) + the diminutive '-y'/'-ie'; 'hip' is of uncertain origin, possibly from 1900s African American slang.
What can HIPPY teach us?
Every counterculture is a culture in waiting; today's rebellion is tomorrow's nostalgia.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.