BEATNIKS Definition & Meaning

beatniks

Members of the “beat” movement in the United States in the 1950s. Beatniks frequently rejected middle-class American values, customs, and tastes in favor of radical politics and exotic jazz , art, and literature. The movement was often classified as bohemian . The poet Allen Ginsberg and the novelist Jack Kerouac are examples of beatnik authors.

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“Daddy-O” (a term of address); “Cool, man, cool”; and “strictly dullsville” are examples of slang expressions used by beatniks or by people trying to sound like beatniks.

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In America, the term “counterculture” is so associated with hippies, beatniks, bohemians and the like, it might seem odd to think of self-described conservatives as counterculture types.

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I also omitted "beatniks" from his list of groups he believed were seeking to destroy the country.

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On its website, the venue recalled the event as one “where beatniks met the emerging hippie culture.”

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A small minority of beatniks, radicals, and filthy speech advocates have brought shame on a great university.

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He further honed his anti-establishment leanings by mingling with the beatniks at the coffee houses of North Beach in his off hours.

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