Love-in
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 An activists' social gathering to promote love and feelings of well-being.
"Sara Davidson traces the varying paths she and two friends followed from their undergraduate years at Berkeley through sit-ins and love-ins; grass and acid; the Kennedys and the Beatles; the sexual revolution and the woman's movement."
- 2 A situation characterized by (possibly insincere) friendship and affection. broadly, colloquial
"The summer in between wasn't a total love-in of hugs and sweet family times, for us and other families."
Example
More examples"Sara Davidson traces the varying paths she and two friends followed from their undergraduate years at Berkeley through sit-ins and love-ins; grass and acid; the Kennedys and the Beatles; the sexual revolution and the woman's movement."
Etymology
From love + -in, modelled after sit-in.
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