Commune: Word comes from Communist ideology. Used to describe a group of people living together, and the place they live. Communes practice self-sufficiency, often farming the land.

Bunk: Bad drugs (fake not real like bunk doses).

Bunker: Someone who sells fake drugs, rips people off.

Burn: To get ripped off. “I got burned on that dope deal”. Also to get mad. “I’m all burned up about that dope deal!

Baez, Joan: Singer, songwriter, antiwar activist, Joan went to jail for her participation in antiwar rallies.

Bag: What you’re into. Your profession/obsession. What you enjoy. “I hear your bag’s nude meditation on acid!”

Ball: To have sex. “I hear Mountain’s been balling your old girlfriend Harmony.”

Ban the Bomb: Slogan calling for the end of nuclear weapons. The hippies were a generation raised in fear of THE BOMB. Trained as children to hide under school desks in air raid drills, they grew up to understand there… Continue reading →

Ban the Bra: Slogan symbolizing the Feminist Movement, women’s rights and the sexual liberation of the 60s.

Beat Generation: Term coined by Jack Kerouac. See Beatniks