longhairs
Classical music devotees
Longhairs are people with long hair, but the word carries cultural weight beyond hairstyle.
In mid-20th century America, it often meant classical music enthusiasts or intellectuals—the stereotype of the unkempt artist or professor.
During the 1960s and 70s, longhairs were hippies, counterculture types, or anyone whose hair signaled rejection of conventional values: The bar didn't welcome longhairs.
The term could be affectionate or dismissive depending on who used it.
Countercultural youth of the sixties
- bohemiansUnconventional artistic types
- beatniksFifties countercultural rebels
- flower childrenSixties peacenik youth
- freaksUnusual people or things
nonconformists · radicals · dropouts · commune · Haight-Ashbury · Woodstock · Summer of Love · flower power
Neck hair, horse/lion
- lionManed African feline
- horseDomesticated riding animal
- stallionIntact male breeding horse
- Persian catLonghaired flat-faced breed
collie · Pekingese · angora · silky fur · shaggy · grooming · show dog · pedigree
People who create music
- violinistsPlayers of bowed strings
- cellistsLow string players
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- conservatoryGlass-enclosed plant room
virtuosos · maestros · string players · concert hall · philharmonic · soloists · accompanists · ensemble
hippies
Countercultural youth of the sixties
- bohemiansUnconventional artistic types
- beatniksFifties countercultural rebels
- flower childrenSixties peacenik youth
freaks · nonconformists · radicals · dropouts · commune · Haight-Ashbury · Woodstock · Summer of Love · flower power · free love
mane
Neck hair, horse/lion
Persian cat · collie · Pekingese · angora · silky fur · shaggy · grooming · show dog · pedigree · luxuriant
tresses
Long flowing strands
ponytail · headband · bearded · scraggly · disheveled · unshorn
musicians
People who create music
- violinistsPlayers of bowed strings
- cellistsLow string players
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
conservatory · virtuosos · maestros · string players · concert hall · philharmonic · soloists · accompanists · ensemble · highbrow
longhairsphilistines
Uncultured, materialistic people
lowbrows · yahoos · barbarians · boors · anti-intellectuals
longhairssquares
Four-sided equal figures
straights · conformists · crew cuts · suits · company men