LSD
lysergic acid - a hallucinogenic drug used by the Hippies in the Haight-Ashbury
Hip
To be cool and current
Chimeric
Having the quality of being unreal or impossible
Haight-Ashbury
A neighborhood in San Francisco famous as the site of the Hippie counterculture in the 1960s
To Trip
to experience the effects of hallucinogenic drugs
A Bad Trip
An unpleasant experience with drugs - but also extended to refer to negative experiences in general
Hang-ups
A word used by the Hippies to indicate anything that is irritating or troublesome
C.P.U.S.A. (M-L)
The Communist Party of the United States of America - Marxist-Leninist
The Draft
to be forcibly conscripted to serve in the army of the United States of America
Baby Crosbys
Men resembling singer Bing Crosby
Tamp a pipe
To empty a smoking device of ash
The System
Didion referring to the Hollywood film industry
To Grind Out
to produce at a fast pace
Macrobiotic
a diet inspired by Zen Buddhism
Socially Suicidal
Damaging to personal reputation