Focus News | Jun 10, 2009
Back in 1969, the following words held meanings beyond their dictionary ones…;
Axe: Any musical instrument, or any tool you use to do your art
Ball: (as a noun) A good time; (as a verb) Sexual intercourse
Bread: Money (“I’m broke – man, can you lay some bread on me?”)
Freak: Insiders’ synonym for hippie (possibly coined by Frank Zappa)
Fuzz: The police
Gas: Sublime (“They’ve never sounded better – that was a gas!”)
Head: Insiders’ term for a member of the counterculture (possibly coined by Ken Kesey)
Lid: An ounce of marijuana
Mike: Microgram
Pig: Hippies’ term for the police
Rap: To speak/communicate in the language of hip
Ripped: Under the influence of an illegal substance
Roach: A small butt of marijuana