(adj) :
of or pertaining to hippies: e.g., "the hippie era"; not conforming to generally accepted standards: e.g., "Despite being for the widely-used Windows
operating system, rather than using the commonly-used RAR or ZIP file-compression formats, they used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead"
(n) :
a teenager who imitated the
Beatniks; one who chooses not to
conform to prevailing
social norms: especially one who ascribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of
recreational drug use, liberal or radical
sexual mores, advocacy of
communal living, strong
pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc