BY DEL CLOSE AN D JOHN BRENT

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'f!>is is your !iiP. manual. Use it carefully and wtSely. Carry 1t with you as you set out to investi· pte for yourself the fascinating world of hip. In this manual you will find a Dictionary of Hip. A thorouJh reading of this dictionary will famil­iarize you with a number of useful Hip expres~ &ions, ainoe it is aimultaneously a dictionary and a phrase book. Many of the more tricky words a"' ueed in aentencee, much as you might hear them ueed on "the Hip eoene."

It must be borne in mind at all times that Hip is not just a lansua1e but an attitude--indeed. a whole culture unto itaelf. If oome of the defini· tione: in the. dictionary 8eefl1 inadequate or puzzlins to you, pi- remember that the true hi1'81er has the Taoist'• avenion to pinnin1 down the ehansin1 world. To define oomethin1 com· pletely ie to embelm it intellectually. Subtlety or peroeption ie blp--aa when a jazz musician biowa a partlaalarly "wild" chord c:luln1e and the hip­..., voioea hia appreciation by lau1hin1 quietly, or munnurinf "Oh, r-J>!" But It ie hipper to "d lr'' lhe change and forget It than to do a l'(Jet­mortem a.nalylia of "Juat what happened there, muUcw•."

• THE SCAffiR·SHOT THEORT Of HIP COMMUNICATION:

~;·;;i In the English language, we have enormous diffi· culty with definition. There arc entire branches of philoeophy and logic devoted to little else but defining: terms.. Science has a11 but abandoned English as bejng too imprecise, preferring lhe language of Number. 1l\e langua.ge of Hip cleverly sidesteps thi& prob­lem. Where in English we are concerned with communicating exactly what we want to convey and nothing clse, the hip;W is satisfied ii what he says manaaes to include what he means. Imag· ine the difference between shooting at a dime from twenty paooo with a .22 rifle, and with a 4(). gauge shot-run, and you will have a rough ap­proximation of the difference betwee.n E·nglis.h and Hip . Hip is a lanauage of thundering generalities. It is more concerned with intense emotional states than with 1pe<:ific ide<ls, and in thie ,..peel can be said to be anti·intellectual.

ABOUT THE HIP VOCABUIAIY It is not only difficult, but a lmost impossible to ascertain the exact meaning or many Hip words or expressions out of oontext. A change in the vocal inflection can change the meaning of a word to it$ own OPPo$ite. "Bad" can mean "good," "straight" can mean "twisted," etc. Depending on the context, the word 0 freak" may mean anything from ''dangerous sex pervert." to usomeone who likes ice cream.'' "The Man" can mean either the police or the nar«>tic& salesman. It payi; to listen carefully. If, when talking to a hiP'!!er, you have no idea what he is telling you, it is usually safer to say "I 'm hip" or ''It's cool" than to ask him what he is talking about. Since Hip is such an emotional language, often hipsters will use words wiUl a cavalier disregard for their actual meaning, retaining only their emotional connotation. In this wise, the late Lord Buckley onoe described an annoying fog in Chi· cago as "an illiterate cruddy amau on the streets."

"COOL" IN THEORY AND PRACTICE:

HiP'!tera are much maligned by an unknowing public for being "cool." It should be pointed out. however, that "oool," when used in the Hip sense. does not mean withdrawn, cold, and non-reacting. Cool refen to an attitude which might best be described as poiaed and sell-_......i, or un· ruffled. When a hipoter "blows his cool," he loses his Poise and succumbs to hysteria, anger, or the prevailing mood of the moment. A hipster's "cool" is often spoken or as a pe>$$e$·

sion-perhaP'! a hipoter's moat cherished pos· &e66ion. One's "cool" enables one to face life as it is and to accept graciously what it has to offer. ••eoo1•• has several subsidiary meanings. Cool it: Stop it, behave normally, change the subject, leave. "Cool it" is an urgent warning. Cool youraelf. or cool your brains: Relax, atop "coming on." It'• cool: It's all right, or okay. "That's oool with me." & cool: & careful. Cool that stud: Get rid of him, shut him up. la he cool? Doee he know what's happening? Will anything we do upeet or shock him? la he a cop? "Uncool" refera to actions which are socially inappropriate, 1auche, foolhardy, or dangerou&. The followln1 liat may prove Wl8ful. It ii uncool to claim that you Wied to room with Bird. It ii uncool to claim that you have Bird's axe. It ii even 1- cool to ask, "Who ii Bird?" It la uncool to nod on the ttreet waitin1 for the ll1h1 to c:hanp. It It uncool to lei anybody know that your uncle ii a resiltered phumacltt.

It is uncool to buddy with a known fink. It is uncool to ask, "Where'd you get it?" It is uncool to let anybody use your place as a forwardin.g address for packages from Mexico. It .is uncool to wear shades after sunset-unless you should be wearing shades after sunset, in which case it is uncool to take them off.

PWNDfA: It is possible that "cool'' behavior can be carried to an extreme. One who is constantly preoccupied with remajning "cool" at all times and with "the cool" of his friends. begins to slip towards paranoia. The word "Hincty" is occasionaJJy u.sed to denote this state, but the t•rm "paranoia" (or " paranoid") is so applicable to Hip society that it has been adopted into the Hip vocabulary di­rectly from poychoanalytic terminology. When every knoclt at the door, every footstep in the hall, every car parked aCTOSS the street means "Polioe!", a hipster's 0 cool" may be said to have bl0680med into paranoia.

POLITICS AND HIP:

Nowhere in the world is there less political activity or p0litical consciousness than on the "Hip scene," with the Po6Sible exception or the Laotian Buddhists. Occasionally a voice will be raised in protest against police brutality in public parks, or in favor o( legislation aimed at legalizing marijuana. or hospjtalization rather than jail aentencee for nar«>tic addicts. but tbeee sporadic bursts of activity are rare. Perha.P6 this stenlS from the hipster's basic distrust of authority in any form. Moet hipsters believe, for example. that a person must have serious psychological problen\$ in order lo become a Policeman. It would be abeurd to atten1pt to organize hipsters into anything reeemblinr a pr('l6$\1re sroup. The sin.ale instanoo that comes to nlind of political· action·in-ooncert will serve as an exan1ple. During the 1960 Republican National Convention i11 Chi­cago, thereap-red on the ftoor of the convention hall an odd aseortment or people c;errying signs and placards roadin1 "lnd<'pondent Republicans for Stevenaon" and "Draft Stevenoon Now." They were summarily ejerled. The demonatr•tio1\ was. o( couree, a "put on."

METAPHYSICS AND HIP:

Hip, to the external observer, seems d istinctly non-Western i.n its orientat1on. 1'his is reflected in the fascination that E8Stem mysticism holds for many hipsters, and in the (act that many me1n­bers of Hip society are interested in Zen Bud­dhism, Yogn, the teachings or the Bagavad-Gita, Vedanta, and Islam. The toochings of Gurdjiell and Ouspenslcy are highly regarded, as is Subud.

The Hipster, feeJing disillusioned with a nd di.se-n­franchised by materialistic \Vcstern culture, su­premely cynical about our accepted institutions and traditional idols, is forced to turn inward for his answers. "Dig yourself" is a H ip byword. Per· haps some of his methods are questionable; i.e .• o too-literal interpretation of Rimbaud's dictum, "To arrive at the unknown through the disorder­ing of all the senses? that's the p0int," and perhaps these methods will never produce great art or a great l»dy of literature. But the hipster is not. in· terested. He invests his ener·gy in his life.

The concept or "dues" may be worth mentioning here. Many hipsters are musicians. and conse­quently, dues~paying union members, s inoe a musician cannot perform pro(cssionall.y unless he is a paid.up member in full standing. Thus we get such Hip expressions as "That eat pays his dues" compliment for a good per(orroor, or for someone who Jives up to the responsibilities he has chosen for himself. The expression has broadened in meaning, hov.·ever, to the point that it might be considered as the basis for a Hip Metaphysic.

"Dues" are the sacrifices that "a cat" makes to Jive as he wishes to live; "dues" are the automatic and impersonal punishments that accompany "goofs" and oversights. One hipster s.ummed it up rather neatly. "Say you're a bad, evil, rotten s tud. man. You go a round spreading badness and rot. tenne6$ and evil. So wh•t do you expect to get back, man? Everybody troats you like a bad cat. But you don't dig that, because nobody digs be­ing treated like that, so you get back at them by treating them Like they're a bunch of bad cats for put-ting you down, which is what they put you down for in the first place. You dig where it's at?

The dues for being a bad cat ore b~;ng a bad cot, that's all, what can I tell you?"

THE IWIGUP: It Is pOSSible to become "hung up" on alm0$t any object by following the instructions below. We recommend this exercise to serious stude11ts of Hip.

Exercise: Chooee an objecL Any object, but pre­ferably one that is fairly inter .. ting lookfog, ot 1-t for now. Pretend that your attention ( focus of oon-tration) is a etream of water. Play this "strie.un" over the obj(ICt, let.ting it trickle into crannies and receB&e8, and splash over Rat sur.

faces. Soon you will begin to disoover that the object is much more interesting than it was before, a.nd previou.'Jly overlooked, or taken for granted. J( something dis tracts your attention from the object of your 0011eentration, don't force your concentration back to where it was, but i.n· vestigaU? the object in relat;on to the d istraction. Continue this exercise for at least fifteen minutes. No matter how ridiculous or pointless th.is may sound, after a few repetitions or this exercise, you should oo able to hang yourself up !or houn;.

Suggested Ha ngups:

Your hand.

Your foot.

Reach over the back of your head and (eel one of your e.yes from above and behind- upside down. Try to think of something you can't remember.

Tune your television set to an empty channel and watcl> the specks. (This is " Channel X".)

Complete this list : Ford Maddox Ford, Jerome K. J erome, William Carlos Williams ....

Examine this drawing:

Copy this figure:

Try squaring the circle.

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JAZZ l'OSOllAUTIES:

Bap-Milt J ackson Baby Ray- Ray Charles Ball- Cannonball Adde rley Bird-Charlie Parker Dii-- Dizzy Gillespie Lndy Day- Bill ie Holida y Prtt- Lester Young Tran~ohn Coltrane

CURIEllCY:

Ace: One dollar O...ce: ,,,..., dollars N ickle : Five dollar.; Pound : Five dollars Dime: T en dollars Twenty.five cents: Twenty five dollnrs A bill : One hundred dollnrs S rcod, gects, grease: money Crets: T elephone slugs Coins: A small amount o r money, non-apoc.ifi.c. Short line: Not enough money. Up tight: No money. Time: Any time before four-thirty in the a fter· noon is too early .

SUmDIENTART READING ANO USTtNlllG:

Books: Science and Sanity: Korzybski IA ngr1a1e in Tho11ght and Action: Hiaknwa The White Ne1ro: Mailer Naked Lunch : Burroughs Growin11 Up Absurd: Goodman The P•ychoonalytirol Throry of NeUT01u: Fenlchel Gestalt TMrapy: Goodman, !>eris & Helferline Square Zen. &al Zen. & Zen· \Yetto TM Horn : Holmes K nOUJin1 and tM Known· Dewey & Bently P«trcs: Ar'lstoUe Jall TitaM: Reisner Dru1• and the Mind: de Ropp Thi' Th•ory of Consciou$ Evolutioro: Oc8penslly

RECOltOS:

Euphoria, Vola. I & 2: Lord Buckley ' \\lay Out H umo<: Lord Buck~v TM ll'1de l l'evd ll'orld of Short> Ptllrnte1n: J•oobll \ \ford Jou Nordine To•e ~'""· with Ronny Graham ( Fmal B.•nd. llan'y tM Hipoter.J

PUIOOICALS:

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Ptaca the correct word or ph"""' in the blank in M Ch of the following sentenceo: I. I waa busted by the - ---· (St.ash, Fuss,

Geel.) 2. Marvin is lllY - - -- buddy. (Tight, Fink,

Soul) 3. I need a lift, did you brinr your _____ ?

<Old lady, reefer, short) 4 I'm up tisht, can you lay aome

on me? ( Heat, chan,.., bread ) 6. Get out of here, you're------- ­

!Turning me on, brinrins me down, holding)

TIUEOI FWE: When you're burned, the beot thing to do is call th• police. You will be weloome wherever you go if you come on atrong enough. Your Plld should be cool at oil tim<O. If you sroove in your bas. stick to ii. 1blt'• the way it is, man, thllt't the way it Nally II. Tranolata thNe oontencft into hip When trans­lalocl, eodi eentence should bl> no more than four won1o1on, I I He heard a car outolde. and he jumped up and down and ICtMmed and knocked over furniture and made eworybody very ntrvou. and then ran down the beck 1tain1 y•llin1. "They'ro niter me!" 21 I don't have any mo11t1y, and my wife lert for Dotrolt with the car, and loft th<• kida, and the _. II due, and I can't allord to hire a baby sHter ., I ma ID out and look for work, and I don't ... """''• Soinl to happon

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IMPORTANI PHOllE NUMBERS FOR READY REFERENCE:

Fire Oeparlment -------

Police

Doctor

Psy choonalyiJt ______ ~

&ii Bondsman --------

t.awytr -----------

Amcrioon Consulac.e -

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- NOTES -

DICTIOHARY or HIP WORDS AND PHRASES Ace: A dollar. Aleo, • rriend. "I'm tight with him, he'$ my

•oe budcl,y." Action: Wh•t's ha,Pl)t:nin1 ... Whafs sh•ki.n' boby. "''lu:1rc'!ll

the action?"' A.-t: MU$ical imtrun,ent. Al.so. llny tool "';th which you

m11ke your livinK. Amp: An1pule. A• •Phrta•iM: A 1>0werful Sl.i1uulant. A1nphttaNlat -.t:11d: Habitual u.ser of am,phet1unine. "liley

are noted for their never ending s tream of chatter, their mi51uidC!d enera-y. •nd their unreli•bility,

Baby: A friendly form of add~ uwcl for pe1110ns 61 either .... Bad: Good. "Monk blow. bad 1>i•no, 1u11n." AIM), otttilon·

•lly. bad . .. Hti's fl bad fa<'e. "'""· •nd ( don' t w•nt him around:'

lad Nt,,_·.s: A d~•ry. unple&!lanl. or danMcrous pertt0n., ·•Here COnl~ Mr. l~"d Newil.''

Bae: Very ieneral tern1 for Mt of c-i~un1stanoos. a con1. p lex o f beh•vior pt1tterlt$. etc. "l'1n go-ing to lof exlco to study the leflehi.np of Gurdjei{f," "Oh. you're in tliot .,.g! ..

Ball: Pleasurable ex1>erience. "It w1111 ir~•t. l hfld fl bAU,"

ltat•lk: A 1enn coined by Hetb C.en of S&n 1'1-11.nci&co to dC!lllCribe the !Mllf·procl11inled 1n embeni of the Beat Cen· eration li"Ying in the North Beach Atta. A much • bused term, now m~tly (1ppliecl to tee:n.age bohemians. or anything else that's funny looking, or whom you don't h11p1>en to like. $imi111r to "Communist" in that ree:i.pect.

lkat, t o: To s teal. "He be•t me for my short." He •tole my .... k t.Ind: Under the influencci of. ··1 gel .. ·cry goofy behind

IU$h, ilO I c.Jon'I drink." A l!tO. "-' a re!lUlt of. l ' nl .. ·er)' strung out behind no s lC(lp.

ailh One hunc.lre<I dollar8. &loft·: To play any 1~u . .1eic11I inslrumcnt. "He blOW$ bad

guitar." AlllO, 10 1n•kc. "~i:y old lady blows nutty ecram­blt'CI egp." Also. to lo:JO. ··ne here by S: OO o r you'll blow tho gig." 041 blew my watch." l lost my w111tth.

Boss: Very good. "Thflt ~1cl'C(l(IC3 il!I " boAA ~orl." Boxi P honograph. Bo•itd: Hish. stoned. lttad1 Money. "l .. y some b«lad on oie. baby. l'1n up

tight." Bua: To •nnoy or irrit.Ate. "Don't bug 1ne. Jim." l umtd, to bt: To be eh!.'"Ated or awincllcd. "\Yhl\t h•p!>f!n~

to that proje(t i_n which .,.. . ., ln,..~ted twenty doll•nt a piece?'" "I'm "°'">'· bo)'A, I irot burned. wh1tt ~n l tell you,'' AlllO, 11ng ry.

81111m doft-a: To create an 111t1nosphere in which no "action" i9 PQ9(1ible . .. Nothing'» hl\ppienlng °'' Ell!t 3rd Street. man, all th09e uncool IXIOl>le burned it do....·n."

•Ina do"11: A tlCJ)reM$.ing l)enlOn or thin,. 811teitd: ArrHted for o Tf aron. "ChArlie tho Cii:ui.rd took •

r11111. 1n11n.-he 11'01 l11p1W!CI in ihat biir bus-t IAlll June.." Caci Male hipllter. CMaer.-. 1ou ... 1 harcl time41. C'ha•tt•: Orl1inally, 1uu!Li<'111I <'hord ('hAnfl•· Now, retert to

PIY<'holo«i<'•I O< en16tio1111l r.hangea. "~i:s.n. when you C••ne through that dOOI' in thflt aJ>e • uil, 1 went throwih • terrible ch•n10."

CM••· co p.ut 1h«M.11h: To do puri>01Joerut violen~ to • pent0n'a •l•C. ol n1ind. To dllkM'ienL To sl•ttle and am•xe:. See " P-ut on" and Iliff,"

Cllkk1 Girl. Clio,.: B1"bouehre. or 111» t:•tended to 1nean llllY pe.rl

ol the body UMd to J~l•y 11n inJltru•'fle:nt. A planlflt'• ehopl are hit ha.rwl&. • t•1>-d•ncer'a chot:i8 ar• hi• tML And hi11 t'hON •re hill •••·

Cl1,y: A auffi.x used for 4:mph11s~ . .. You wtint to the Elk'• 111eeting - wh11t wa11 it like1" " Whfl t ('an I tell you? It was Clyde <:ily.''

Clydt: An oReMive square. & hick. ConH' do.,.111 ·ro return 10 norm•I rrocn a h igh. Comt on. to: How one pr~nu one&elr. To uy that ~·

ono "c:omes on 3trong .. means th•t he hu an O"Yetdevel~ ope<l pel'90nalit)'. Also, to m11ke s~xual overture.. ··So I wu trying to ~nd her, but al\e 1111lcl. 'Doti't eoine on with me. baby. m)' o ld 1na.n'3 outJJidc'."

CCMUM<'don: The man yO\l b\1y it frown . .... ti,.tever " it'" may be. The " M fl n.''

Cook: To do what you do .... ·ell. "\Yhen he shirted blowinr piano. I cwldn't tiec nothing: hflr>t;)it.ni ng:. but now he'• 11tarting to cook."

Cool: S.Je, good. all risht, yes, appropriate. An outlook • An •ttitude. A type of j111t:.e. "Cool it .. m08ns s top it. le. .. ·o. relax, <:hftnge t he M)bject. etc.

Cop: To obtain. either by put<'h"6 or by theft. l\.1any hip expreMiorui owe their validity to beint mote il'l<lusi,..e in meaninir than their fifll lWl equi"Yalmc,. ~ "Old lady.''

Cop out : Exe~. llhield. covf:r i.tory. Count: The anlOUnt. "Was it • 1oocl count?'' " No. ma.n.

I 101 burned." Cra.l)': 0b8olete term of approval. Crib: Ap•rtment, "p~.'' M~ic;ian.~· term. Cul. Cul out: 1.ea .. •e, "apliL'• Dia! Undent:a.nd. flPl>recia tc. A lso, to look at or listen to.

To pay attention. Orten U9ed at interj~tory .. •erbal punc­tuatjon. to command attcncioo or to break up thoughts. "Dig. We ""'ere walkin; do~·n Tenth Aven~. you di1 it. and dig! Here c:omes this cop. So dig. hett'a ~·hat we dkl."

Do up: To use up or to d4'1!1troy. "\Ve did up the dopc-, 11nd then .,...Cl did up the c..r."

f>o•• hamt: Oddly (mCM.lfCh, II

phr&H or 11P1>roval. A "down home .11tud" is • nlan endowed with the okl-fll$hionec.l virlues of hon~t'y and inte.cril:y. Down to earth. Solid. Al~ fu nlcy, f.Arthy.

o,..~ A p(lf'tlOn or thil\g th•t i~

botin.g or deprMRing. " \Vh.at &

dNlg. \Vhat ll bring down. I'm drug with thi9 party, I'm goinir to cut out.''

Dutt: The diMdvantq:M )'OU will put up with in order to get what you ~·111tit. Th~ !)Un•

Wunent for unw~ behavior. F.>·t. cht: The te.levi.sion aet.

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£)'1'.S: Dell.ire. "l got bif eyie:a for aorne *Xloff, mttil\. l'nt 3laNif\I ," Or. mofCI s irn1)ly, .. l 'n1 ,:onna splil, you goc eyett?" ~1..ani.ng, Do you w•nt to col'.1.1e?

t'•«i 1>e1*>n. " tle't1 a \\'el't Coall.t tae-e.'' f•U. 10 ta.kt 1: To oo al'ff!dced. f'all b)"! V~it,

.~.11 m: Enter. F•ll ouc: Co to t lttP Mdf:nly, " Uke, .,..f\en )'OU sa.id ' 1''9.U

by, we 1tiou1ht we'd f._U O"Yer and fall ln on fO\I, but • ·e blew it. w• fell out."

far Ovt: \Yeird. diffieu1t to undiehttt.nd. •lr•n.rely 11•0-tivaled. " l'lo"t1 11 "Ytry far out <'Ill. he • IHt:i8 in • bathh1b full of jellied co.\llOlnnt~"

flink: An lnfCll'nier. l.cw.·tAt form of anln,•1 li.fe, Flkkt ~1ovi•. Fllp1 'ro JO ("rfl.1.)'. 1~ litf!r•Uy. to " fflp" ovor tt0rntthii'lg

n\.N.ns to Uke it • ,,..t du.I, F<>raott IA: gx.pr ... lon ol oonte.n1pl. Fttakl Someone ~ho likN fl0m0lhi"« very ntueh. « U·

<'h1;t1.i .. •f'ly. A 11rl whc> onl)' (tOH f<M' m111Jk•l•W1 i.t 11 .. ntuti·

clan freak." "I ran·1 tunoke these eigarelct, man, 1·m a menlhol freak."

FnM ttftlt: Swingir11. bui not moo0«amOW1ly, ...._.,, Strange. odd, funny. Flill. l • l -out: C.om11lete. or ut~r. ''It was 11 fu ll Muck,"'

··$h~·11 a full·out freak:' F• ky: Earthy, down h0tne. When 1>ronounoec:l "Fon\y,"

it means ve.ry earthy, very down home. F•:a: The poliett. Originally a pick1>0eket.s' term, stem·

mina from lhe fac;t that police had nothing In their pockets but fuu.

(;as: Superlative. "It wa3 " gas, r mMn it wA.9 A wl.g." Gttb: Hon\&-tnade telephone aJup. Cff 11111 the 11tllld: To leave, eut out, CM' split. Cle:: Job. Good PMPle: A good pert10n. "l c:lig Cha rley, mAn. he's

good people. .. C·rtatt: Money. Al'° ~ to eat, or food. Croo,·t bt-lilllnd, to: To like or enjoy. "l lf'OOVe behind

raspberry aherbet." CrooTJ': Comins baek in to UM M

a complimentary adjective. ••$he's a groovy chtek."

....... p: A faacinatin, object or eoooopt. Alti0. a psychological block or poerwna lity quirk.

Htad: Originally, a rru1.rijuua amoW. or ··re. head." Now, very similar ln n1eaning to ••treek." A .-reedy J)Clrf!On is • ·•Greod head."

Htiit: Poljce. Hip: lntoiricatcd by narcotiCI, m.riju-.na. stimulants. do­

pr"'8&ants. what you will. "Sboo 1>0li8h is a. nutty high," Hlad.1: Paninoid. overly nervOU9 about the police. .. You

brin.i me down whcin you 10 into your hincty bag." Hip: To know, to be aware. HJpAtr: A fully pejct.up manber of Hip $0dety. Klpp1: A junior member of Hip society, who m•y know the

words. but hun' t fully Ul!llmi.l•lcd the proper atUtude. Klpp6t.-dlp: Otrogat~ term for hippy. Holdlba: To have on on(I'• pertlOn whatever IA needed,

uwaJJy drup or money. Hookff: Addicted. Hook: A O)Anla. A Satyr rn.ay be

•kl to have a "terribl• chick· hook.''

Hora: The Wlephone. "C(lt on the hom, call me up." HUllS up: N.urotic, Al.90, co be in a 1>o!dtion In which one

t. robbed of choice, frwJtrated.. Abo, fucinatf!d. Ho.llllk: To work in a Reld 0th.el" than your own ... Are you

1i.a'cins •tffd}"r' "'No. mt.n, I'm hua:Uin.J." Scufflinc. Hlldtkr: A survive,! artist, usually with no vWble aouree of

income. often eftfaaed in •m.all·lime ILleR•I •eeivity. I• Frool: Before, Jn advano..

"I want the bread in front." Imo I09tt.._: Someon.e who iii

puttins tood creative id.., into hil wor·k nay be a.id CO ba ''1n\o llOt'Mthlr\I." A hllh ('Omplin\ent.

I•: An W"IOOlnpllm.ntary fonn d add.-... A on. word pui• down. "Cool yo1,1,_.f, Jim."

Jh e1 A l•l"IOl'lle b..ult, Ofili" naJJy lo th,... worda. Now. UM MCQnd two word# •r• ....Uy liefl w..poken. "You jive , , , " "I un't st.and a ll thfllh jiv• people "

,._., Marij....,.. cl,'a,..L J-Uq-. J.ac1 .... , A habi&u.1 dn.mlc. a lush.

Jukt-d: Drunk. Junk~: A n•~tics addict. l..attr: Goodbye.. Also. a del'Oftlltory terin Aimilar to .. Forget

it," "l..Aler for thlt.t, man.'' l.ay o•: To Jive, .. t.y a devce on me •tll Tueada.y." l..end

me two c.lollarS. l.lkt: A form of verbsJ puncb.l•tion. The extensive use ol

thiJI word "''0\11(1 teem to indic.te th•t the hipetar is ul'lCOn!l('iously ..... ...,re of the !•a lh•l he can never com· rnunicate ttzoctly what he wan'8 to ssy. a.nd that what he i• say~ is flt best 11n appoxi.mation ol what he intencLI lo com.n1unice.te.

L.oost 11ti1~ To be free to .. swing" crf!atlvely i# to Mve a loose wl.g.

Makt: To take . .. r m•ke melllCaUne •bout twioe a year. ~takt, to: "I m•de him for fuu by the w•y he came on."

I ruee&ed thsl ho wa.~ probably a poli<ie officer because of the way he behaved,

Ma~ It. to: 'l'o be good. "TrAne really makes it.. man.'' Makt le 11tltb, to: To havo •n affair with ao1neone is to

.. mako it" with him or her. "I'm making il with Jenny now. ~tan, Aho really mnket it!"

~taai A neutral form ot addrees for either sex • Mae, tbt: The poli~. Also, the connection. ~tothtr: Friendly fonn of •d·

dres!I. '"lbere you go, mother." Nod: a brief n•p. "It's uncool

to nod on the strfft comer wait ine for the lirbt to change.' '

Nuttr: Nioe. rood. •lt.racti .. ·e. Abo, a phrue- ol agfffment. O< ,,_,,"

()fay: Neiro te.nn fOt" white per· aon. Pi1 l•tin fOT "foe."

Ohl lady: Lover or wi.fe. Old l\t.rin: Lover or hullbsnd. Thb ia a ai.«nifi.c-.nl attit·ude,

drawing as little distinction ., possible between lover And m*-rital pa.rt.Mr.

()ft', to: To stf!al. "01.g the ch•nde1ier? I off«! it from a church."

Off tht wall: Weird. unlikely, f•r out. O.t: Sicnila.r to, but more complirMnlAry than "f•r out."

"They'·re a nutty 1roup, man, they blow some out eounds."'

Pad: A Hip home or •partn1ent. Pkk up 011, to: To pay •ttention to. to lblen to. "Let's

go pick up on "°"'• 9C)un(ls ... To t.k", « '"make.." ' 'I been clean for a month, I would di1 to pick <>0 tome

pot." To di.tccwer. "Ever ainee Roso pldted up on Isam. hci'• boon a dltTef'fllt c.t."

Pin: To ~xamine wiih full atcention. "I tlghc pl.nned him. &nd I ma ke him a full-wt freud.''

rtoMd: P\lpill di.lated. "An1 l pinned?'" Popptd1 Arreeted. "busted.'' Poe: Me.rijut.na. P°"'nd• at Five dolla,., Pvt do11t-o: To reject. to deni.Jr•te. Also, an ir.sult. " \\lh•t

a terrible put·down!" Puc oa: A fsvorite l'pot'I ol lht Hipe.ter, oocuionally

vicious.. A v•riety of practit"al iok• in which the victim LI not aw•,. that he it bcin1 .. h•d." See a.lllo. 'Riff.

Rffftt1 OnClfl tne .. nt 1narijuAna cil•rtt. now refeni to • Quantity of n1•rUuana. Tho dillerence in tht. c-Me 1-­t .... ·jffin hip and non·hlp de1lends on the •rtk1e. It is W\ ..

hip '° uk fc>r "• reefer," but "llave you got a~ ffffet?" UI aooe1·•table. Under Qtrt•in ciK"UmstJl.noe.. ol cou,._

lllifl': Or11lnaUy, i.n improv~ i1atrwnent•I M>lo. Now. • oonvef#tlonal .olo. .. Harotd blow • nutcy rill about the alllfatort in the New York 11ubway .. " A .. rill" c..n be UM(I in a "put on.'' "f\·1•n, I ne,,..r kn.ow "·heth~r )·OU.'rf:

<'Olnilll on 1-tral1ht. or jutl riffing •l n, .... 1tH<ta1 Tha untmok«l re1na.hw of • "Joint."