Word coined by clever headline playing of off Spudnick, "Beatnicks Invade California." Described the westward generalication of a 1950's literary, intellectual and philosophical movement that produced such great artists and poets as Allen Ginsberg (Howl), Jack Kerouac (On The Road), William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch)and Joan Vollmer.
Though it can be argued that the movement started in New York and centered on the secert hero of Road and Howl; Neal Cassady, the beats also had a reniassance in San Fransisco. This movement included poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Coney Island of the Mind), founder of the now famous City Lights Bookstore.
Beats encouraged free-thought, self discovery, and were linked to all kinds of drugs and debuachery.
Though it can be argued that the movement started in New York and centered on the secert hero of Road and Howl; Neal Cassady, the beats also had a reniassance in San Fransisco. This movement included poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Coney Island of the Mind), founder of the now famous City Lights Bookstore.
Beats encouraged free-thought, self discovery, and were linked to all kinds of drugs and debuachery.
Beatnicks of the Beat Generation.
She dressed in all black, wore a beret, and went to beatnick poetry slams.
There were more women Beatnicks, but thier families had them locked away and given shock therapy, they weren't alowed to publish thier work.
She dressed in all black, wore a beret, and went to beatnick poetry slams.
There were more women Beatnicks, but thier families had them locked away and given shock therapy, they weren't alowed to publish thier work.
by Jolt Darkly November 14, 2007
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A beat nick might want to go live in New Mexico because it is very quiet and open there. They would not however want to live on one of those islands where all beatnicks go because that would take away from the whole "being orignal" thing
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violent spray fart while receiving a blumpkin so forceful that feces lands on the chin creating the appearance of a soul patch on of the giver of said blumpkin.
by vinginzo July 18, 2010
Get the blumpkin beatnick mug.A member of the Beat Generation (late 50's - early 60's), a nonconformist in dress and thought. Often reknowned for wearing black turtleneck sweaters, stove-pipe trousers, dark glasses and berets. They used to hang out at coffee shops where they would recite poetry (sometimes accompanied by bongo drums), and talk about jazz or the people/society/regimes that are oppressing them and trying to make them conform.
"Oh, man! Ned spilled ink all over my poems. He's a real flat tire, I mean a cube, man. He's putting us on the train to Squaresville" - Ned Flanders' beatnik father
"I'm really diggin' this jaaaazz, maaan! This cat is really hip! Far out daddy-o!" (clicks his fingers repeatedly)
"I'm really diggin' this jaaaazz, maaan! This cat is really hip! Far out daddy-o!" (clicks his fingers repeatedly)
by burnin4tor February 24, 2007
Get the beatnik mug.another way to say that someone is a B.R.U.N.O.; one who acts like a bruno man who loves muscles and power; usually drives some kind of Ford pick up truck and/or loves the NRA; also see gonzo
by El_Scorcho September 22, 2004
Get the beatniks' rights under neptune's oar mug.A form of applause whereby the middle finger and thumb of both hands are repeatedly snapped/clicked instead of clapped. Beatnik applause was developed in the cafes of the 1950s/1960s by the Beatnik/Beat Generation. Many "Beat Poet" fans of this period now suffer from severe arthritic inflammation of the thumb and middle finger.
POET: "The room suddenly went into a mad darkness. A spotlight pierced blackness like a white devil's knife. A voice rose and screamed. Words of beauty cutting my throat. A poem of life, of love, of doom. My years on Earth summed and fooled."
CROWD: Beatnik Applause
CROWD: Beatnik Applause
by PopeMichael May 13, 2010
Get the Beatnik Applause mug.Basically the original, almost forgotten incarnation of the modern day hipster.
People think that hipsters are a new thing, but in reality have been around for years, the only difference is that a modern hipster mixes the beatnik style with indie, scene or emo.
They were a subculture of (mostly wealthy) young people in the 1950's that drank coffee, enjoyed art and music, wrote poetry, did psychedelic drugs, and smoked cigarettes. Practiced minimalism, and were very, very political. Men wore berets with striped shirts and sandals, and the women wore berets, little black dresses and scarves.
Would say slang things like "That's beat" and "daddy-O".
People think that hipsters are a new thing, but in reality have been around for years, the only difference is that a modern hipster mixes the beatnik style with indie, scene or emo.
They were a subculture of (mostly wealthy) young people in the 1950's that drank coffee, enjoyed art and music, wrote poetry, did psychedelic drugs, and smoked cigarettes. Practiced minimalism, and were very, very political. Men wore berets with striped shirts and sandals, and the women wore berets, little black dresses and scarves.
Would say slang things like "That's beat" and "daddy-O".
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