Associations to the word «Beatnik»

Wiktionary

BEATNIK, noun. A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and whose manner of dress reflects a rejection of conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior
BEATNIK, noun. A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.

Dictionary definition

BEATNIK, noun. A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky