hippy-dippy
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication; see also dippy (“lacking common sense”).
Adjective
[edit]hippy-dippy (comparative more hippy-dippy, superlative most hippy-dippy)
- (informal, derogatory) Suggesting or characterized by hippie attitudes.
- 1968 September 13, “How Sweet It Is!”, in Time[1], archived from the original on 24 June 2013:
- Garner, a magazine photographer named Grif, finds that he can not communicate with his hippie dippy son.
- 1999 April 8, Jason Burke, “Price of inner peace splits guru disciples”, in The Independent:
- Osho died nine years ago after establishing his eclectic brand of hippy-dippy irrationalism, sexual therapy and ancient learning across the globe.
- 2014 December 22, Chris Lamorte, “Cult of possibility”, in Chicago Tribune:
- His company, The Panna Group, is hired by Wall Street executives, Fortune 500 companies, sales teams, and assorted people who just want something more out of life. This is not some hippy-dippy endeavor based on feel-good psychobabble. Joe’s background is solid academic psychology research. He’s studied hard numbers. Data. Double-blind things.