Slouching Towards Bethlehem Glossary

Slouching Towards Bethlehem Glossary

LSD

lysergic acid - a hallucinogenic drug used by the Hippies in the Haight-Ashbury

Hip

To be cool and current

Chimeric

Having the quality of being unreal or impossible

Haight-Ashbury

A neighborhood in San Francisco famous as the site of the Hippie counterculture in the 1960s

To Trip

to experience the effects of hallucinogenic drugs

A Bad Trip

An unpleasant experience with drugs - but also extended to refer to negative experiences in general

Hang-ups

A word used by the Hippies to indicate anything that is irritating or troublesome

C.P.U.S.A. (M-L)

The Communist Party of the United States of America - Marxist-Leninist

The Draft

to be forcibly conscripted to serve in the army of the United States of America

Baby Crosbys

Men resembling singer Bing Crosby

Socially Suicidal

Damaging to personal reputation

Tamp a pipe

To empty a smoking device of ash

The System

Didion referring to the Hollywood film industry

To Grind Out

to produce at a fast pace

Macrobiotic

a diet inspired by Zen Buddhism

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