beatnik
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Coined by American columnist Herb Caen in 1958.[1] From beat (generation) + cutesy or ironic use of the Russian suffix -ник (-nik). This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the 1957 Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite. Compare jazznik.
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beatnik (plural beatniks)
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