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Beatnik vs Neatnik - What's the difference?

beatnik | neatnik |

As nouns the difference between beatnik and neatnik

is that beatnik is 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 while neatnik is a stickler for neatness or cleanliness.

beatnik

English

(wikipedia beatnik)

Noun

(en 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
  • A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "beatnik")

    See also

    * Baghdad by the Bay (also coined by Herb Caen) * hepcat * hippie, hippy * jazznik

    References

    English words suffixed with -nik ----

    neatnik

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stickler for neatness or cleanliness.
  • :His mom is such a neatnik that a dirty dish never even hits her sink.

    • Anagrams

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