hippie-dippie
Airily New Age
Hippie-dippie is a mildly dismissive term for anything associated with hippie culture or New Age thinking—crystals, astrology, meditation retreats, organic everything.
It suggests the subject is flaky, naively idealistic, or out of touch with practical reality: Her hippie-dippie parents named her Moonbeam.
The reduplication adds a mocking, sing-song quality.
Rejection of mainstream values
- communeShared-living community
- flower powerNonviolent resistance ideology
- free spiritUninhibited, unconventional person
- tie-dyeBound-fabric coloring technique
peace · love · incense · folk music · vegetarian · eco-friendly · beads · headband
Crumbly or unreliable
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- impracticalNot suited for use
- idealisticPursuing unrealistic standards
- spaceyAbsent-minded, unfocused
airy-fairy · wishy-washy · dreamy · unrealistic · new-agey · kooky · ditzy · scatterbrained
counterculture
Rejection of mainstream values
- communeShared-living community
- flower powerNonviolent resistance ideology
- free spiritUninhibited, unconventional person
tie-dye · peace · love · incense · folk music · vegetarian · eco-friendly · beads · headband · yoga
flaky
Crumbly or unreliable
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- impracticalNot suited for use
- idealisticPursuing unrealistic standards
spacey · airy-fairy · wishy-washy · dreamy · unrealistic · new-agey · kooky · ditzy · scatterbrained · head-in-clouds
hippie-dippiehardheaded
Stubbornly unyielding or practical
pragmatic · practical · no-nonsense · hard-nosed · realistic
hippie-dippiebuttoned-down
Conventionally restrained in style
square · straight-laced · conservative · establishment · conventional
hippie-dippiescientific
Of or using research methods
rational · analytical · empirical · rigorous · logical