beatniks

Cultural  

1. 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.

Example Sentences

The video opens with fog and mountains, Pacific Ocean waves crashing into majestic cliffs and the Golden Gate Bridge before mixing in historic images of streetcars, beatniks, retailer Gap, Apple and Google.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023

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

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2023

She was fascinated by the beatniks and their travels, and craved culture and education.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

She’s a lady down the block who used to hang out in Greenwich Village with the beatniks.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García