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beatnik

[beet-nik] / ˈbit nɪk /


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A beatnik radio host caught the Mets bug and praised baseball as a “kind of amalgam of all the human frustrations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Finally, there is Georgia McCann, a self-styled Gen Z beatnik and events planner whose special talents include throwing parties for Anna Delvey and not washing her hands after she pees.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

How could this crazy beatnik character be Disney?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

A musician before he’d become an actor, Mr. Rado began writing songs with Mr. Ragni, which they sometimes sang in what were then beatnik coffee houses in Greenwich Village.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022

If they’d been around since beatnik times, they must be strong, he thought.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar




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