Hip Glossary – Zippies

Zippies: The Zippies were founded by Abbie Hoffman in early ’72 as a revolutionary street army of Hippie Anarchist for the Miami Anti-Nixon Republican Convention. Abbie stated when asked about the name change from Yippies to Zippies he stated..”We have gone from A to Z !!! Also a new term for Hippies with computers and ravers. Not to be confused with Zippy the Pinhead, a popular underground comic.