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(Pejorative) -- A person who replaces any established belief or fact with a product, belief or idea that has a quality of perceived social sophistication.
Neohippies are related to a hippie, except that their lives are centered on the purchase of expensive products and therapies of dubious value. Most common amongst parents born between 1965 and 1975. Usually drives a Subaru, Jetta, Bug or any bicycle. A neohippy does not shop at Wal-Mart, but often spotted at co-ops. In a sentence:
"That neohippy just spent $700.00 on wool diapers for her newborn." -or- "That neohippy found out he was allergic to wheat from his applied kinesiologist." Example symptoms: -Belief that your flu, cold or cervical cancer is caused by hypomobile joints in your lower back and an immediate spinal manipulation from a chiropractic physician is needed posthaste. -Prejudice against any dairy product -Love of anything made from soy -Deep conviction in the belief that non-organic vegetables will kill you within 10 years if handled or eaten. -Spending more than $4000.00 on cloth diapering -Breast feeds children until age 5, co-sleeps with them until age 10 -Belief that animals should be loved and cared for in large fields before shot and eaten. - Belief that small pox/rubella/chicken pox/etc. are less harmful than vaccination. -Ability to visualize the face of the coffee bean harvester that got a fair wage from the cup of coffee that was just purchased. |
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