[Ads-l] beatnicks 1958

Tue Apr 27 15:01:30 UTC 2021

"Beatnik" was coined by Herb Caen in the San Francisco Chronicle, Apr. 2, 1958.  I sent this antedating to the OED many years ago, but they still have not added it.

Fred Shapiro

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Friday, June 20, 1958. Slight (maybe–double check) antedating (?) of OED beatnik (which does not note beatnick spelling).
Madera Daily News-Tribune 2/5
[….] hangouts on upper Grant Ave [S.F.], where the bearded beatnicks and their girlfriends congregate.
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