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Hip Glossary – Peak Experience
Peak Experience: Refers to any intense personal experience, often drug induced. See Peaking.
Hip Glossary – Peaking
Peaking: Term for reaching the highest high on an LSD trip or other psychedelic experience.
Hip Glossary – Peace Symbol
Peace Symbol: The familiar circle with lines was originally the symbol for nuclear disarmament. Bertrand Russell is credited with creating the symbol in 1958 from the semaphore flag signals for letters N(uclear) and D(isarmament). It first appeared in the anti-nuclear… Continue reading
Hip Glossary – People’s Park
People’s Park: In 1969, hippies setup camp on some vacant land near UC Berkeley and called it the People’s Park. On Memorial 20,000 appeared with flowers at the park. By July the authorities forcibly removed all the squatters and the park was closed.
Hip Glossary – Pigs
Pigs: Derogatory name for police.
Hip Glossary – Plastic
Plastic: Something or someone artificial, unreal. “I hate shopping malls, they’re so plastic.”
Hip Glossary – Plateau
Plateau: The period of maximum effect of a drug, just after the peak, and before coming down.
Hip Glossary – Pot
Pot: Marijuana.
Hip Glossary – Power to the People!
Power to the People!: Used by Black Panthers and others to describe the need to change the existing power structure.
Hip Glossary – Psilocybin
Psilocybin: A hallucinogen based on mushrooms. Raw mushrooms could be found in various places. Notably in Mexico or on particular mountains in California. Could be eaten raw, or with tea. Or could be ingested as a pill form if processed, or smoked.