This is word fusion that takes the words
hippy and
gangster to discribe those dreadlocked, baggy clothed, shabby, dirty, spin
dancing folks that are deeply involved in drug and Grateful Dead culture, but not wanting to completely isolate themselves from modern culture, use gansta speak as their primary form of commuication.
Girl 1: Billy is such a
fucking hangster ! When I brushed by him at their house he jumps up yellin' "Yo, yo, yo ! U be scetchin' my dreads ! Doan
may me spin dance ova dare n git awl Rainbow
Bear on yo ass !" then he says
"Now row me up 'n-otha one ah dose blunts wit dat fine ass cronic !" Whats up with that ?
Girl 2: Yeah! I don't know. Isn't he from like rural Vermont ? Like Manchester or Bromley or some-thing ???