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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Hippie dippy (US slang phrase)
Hi guys,
can you please help me with this phrase? I've been digging through the internet for 1 hour and I'm still not able to make an conclusion of what does it mean....
Here are the examples which I found:
1) All these people listened to NPR, watched CNN and MSNBC, CBS, ABC, and NBC and SNL and once they kept hearing from Daily Show and Colbert too that Obama was the better man, how Republicans were bad, Obama good, and that same hippie-dippy-crap about “change, peace, love, unity” they voted for it and bought the farm for this country.
2) All politics aside (and I really mean that — this has nothing to do with his position on anything in particular), I can’t imagine letting this guy loose on the world for four (or, God help us, eight) years. Bush is what he is — and thankfully, he won’t be it at us much longer. But McCain is simply a deeply mean person. He’d be mean to Congress. He’d be mean to the UN. He’d be mean at a barbecue. He’d be mean at the Easter Egg roll. He’s just a jerk, and can only hide that for so long before he blows it. And at risk of sounding too hippie-dippy, I must admit that I think there’s a level of meanness beyond which you are not ideal for the presidency.
3) A Shah of Iran-type situation could result if we enrage the Pakistani populace as y’ all know, the Prime Directive of Star Trek is non-interference in the internal affairs of an alien civilization. But America’s foreign policy apparatus, whether military or diplomatic, never bought into that hippie-dippy Roddenberry crap. The Prime Directive of our realpolitik is simple.
many thanks in advance guys,
Best Regards
JCD
can you please help me with this phrase? I've been digging through the internet for 1 hour and I'm still not able to make an conclusion of what does it mean....
Here are the examples which I found:
1) All these people listened to NPR, watched CNN and MSNBC, CBS, ABC, and NBC and SNL and once they kept hearing from Daily Show and Colbert too that Obama was the better man, how Republicans were bad, Obama good, and that same hippie-dippy-crap about “change, peace, love, unity” they voted for it and bought the farm for this country.
2) All politics aside (and I really mean that — this has nothing to do with his position on anything in particular), I can’t imagine letting this guy loose on the world for four (or, God help us, eight) years. Bush is what he is — and thankfully, he won’t be it at us much longer. But McCain is simply a deeply mean person. He’d be mean to Congress. He’d be mean to the UN. He’d be mean at a barbecue. He’d be mean at the Easter Egg roll. He’s just a jerk, and can only hide that for so long before he blows it. And at risk of sounding too hippie-dippy, I must admit that I think there’s a level of meanness beyond which you are not ideal for the presidency.
3) A Shah of Iran-type situation could result if we enrage the Pakistani populace as y’ all know, the Prime Directive of Star Trek is non-interference in the internal affairs of an alien civilization. But America’s foreign policy apparatus, whether military or diplomatic, never bought into that hippie-dippy Roddenberry crap. The Prime Directive of our realpolitik is simple.
many thanks in advance guys,
Best Regards
JCD
Top answer
Hi, It's a very casual and informal adjective derived from the word 'hippie'. The word 'dippy' is just there as a nonsense word, because it rhymnes. So, look up 'hippie' in your dictionary and you should see the meaning.
- Hi, It's a very casual and informal adjective derived from the word 'hippie'.
- The word 'dippy' is just there as a nonsense word, because it rhymnes.
- So, look up 'hippie' in your dictionary and you should see the meaning.
- If you still can't, please post again.
- Best wishes, Clive PS I see you've spent an hour already, so let me add this.
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Hi,
It's a very casual and informal adjective derived from the word 'hippie'. The word 'dippy' is just there as a nonsense word, because it rhymnes.
So, look up 'hippie' in your dictionary and you should see the meaning.
If you still can't, please post again.
Best wishes, Clive
PS I see you've spent an hour already, so let me add this.
"Hippies' we
It's a very casual and informal adjective derived from the word 'hippie'. The word 'dippy' is just there as a nonsense word, because it rhymnes.
So, look up 'hippie' in your dictionary and you should see the meaning.
If you still can't, please post again.
Best wishes, Clive
PS I see you've spent an hour already, so let me add this.
"Hippies' we
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It also implies a certain wide-eyed naivete or idealism (you may have already picked that up from the context of the excerpts you quoted). A "dip" is a slang term for (per Webster) "a stupid or unsophisticated person," so the rhyme works quite well.
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I would add that "hippie-dippy" is usually used in a derogatory way by conservatives or shall I dare say people with "right-wing" views. These people use the term hippie-dippy to mean a person with idealistic and foolish views (from their perspective). Delmobile is right in stating that there is a certain degree of freshness and naivete associated with a hippie-dippy person, but in addition, such
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Thanks guys for help![Y]
I know who the hippies were, but the problem was that I just didn't know what the word "dippy" means there. But it's clear to me now after your explanation.
I know who the hippies were, but the problem was that I just didn't know what the word "dippy" means there. But it's clear to me now after your explanation.
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Hippie-dippy appears to be a word made up by a few for clever usage. If I had made it up, my reference point for dip would have been a rather vulgar tern as in the phrase "he doesn't know dip-sh** about what he's talking about". My take is that "dippy" adds a negative connotation to the term 'hippy", which some may already consider negative enough.
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George Carlin had a character called the Hippy Dippy weatherman. Search for it spelled this way.
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Please consider the following song titled "Hippy Dippy," as it was recorded in 1949, by bebop jazz artist Cecil Payne, 20 years before the summer of love.
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Hi,
I lke it. But I wouldn't call it a song, because there are no words. Nobody sings. I'd call it a tune.
But I think the word 'song' is slowly changing in meaning, and will replace 'tune' one day.
Clive
I lke it. But I wouldn't call it a song, because there are no words. Nobody sings. I'd call it a tune.
But I think the word 'song' is slowly changing in meaning, and will replace 'tune' one day.
Clive
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