Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Hippie twist
English answer:
angle influenced by the hippie movement
Added to glossary by
Jenni Lukac (X)
Aug 26, 2010 17:12
13 yrs ago
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Hippie twist
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(It's about radical groups in German)
"But added to alll of this was the very "hippie" twist that Red Franz and The Risen gave to their politics. There was a lot of what we would consider New Age claptrap involved"
"what kind of claptrap?" asked
"Well, the Risen is one of the more difficult groups to research, because they were relatively isolated, but one of their group. Benni Hildesheun, became disaffected and defected to the RAF. When Hildesheim was arrested in the nineteen eighties he claimedThe Risen had been to wacky for him. He saidn that they took their name from the belief that Gaia, the spirit of the earth, would protect itself by generating a band of warrior........
"But added to alll of this was the very "hippie" twist that Red Franz and The Risen gave to their politics. There was a lot of what we would consider New Age claptrap involved"
"what kind of claptrap?" asked
"Well, the Risen is one of the more difficult groups to research, because they were relatively isolated, but one of their group. Benni Hildesheun, became disaffected and defected to the RAF. When Hildesheim was arrested in the nineteen eighties he claimedThe Risen had been to wacky for him. He saidn that they took their name from the belief that Gaia, the spirit of the earth, would protect itself by generating a band of warrior........
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Jenni Lukac (X)
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angle influenced by the hippie movement
An angle or aspect to their variety of political thought and action that was influenced by the hippie movement.
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eski
: Close enough for me: saludos, Jenn! eski
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Ah, yes, the hippie movement. Thanks a bunch from steamy Zaragoza.
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Allison Wright (X)
: Agree. The hippie twist also refers to what you do with a marijuana cigarette - and is reinforced in your own text with the word "wacky" (as in "wacky tabacky") Here is a reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hippie twist
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Thanks Alison. The urban dictionary is a lot of fun.
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Maja Basara
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Good evening and thanks, Maja.
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Craig Meulen
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Cheers and thanks, Craig.
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British Diana
: greetings from autumnal Lower Franconia
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Thanks Diana. The weather here has been too strange to describe.
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Alexandra Taggart
: or "sudden change"
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Thanks Alexandra. Not sure it was sudden to them but it might have been for the mainstream public. Some of these radical groups had stewed in their own juice for a very long time before they made the news.
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Charlesp
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Thanks Charles. Have a nice weekend.
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