beatnik (pl beatniks) [bitnik]

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• beatnik — [ bitnik ] n. • 1959; de l angl. amér. beat generation « génération foutue » et de nik, suff. yiddish d o. slave ♦ Anglic. Personne en révolte contre le conformisme bourgeois et la société de consommation, qui vit d expédients, sans domicile fixe …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• beatnik — AND beater [“bitnik AND “bita* ] n. a member of the Bohemian subculture that flourished in the 1950s. (The nik is from Russian via Yiddish.) □ Those beatniks back in the fifties were something to behold. □ This beater comes up to me and mumbles… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions