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freak flag

freak flag noun: unconventional or unrestrained behavior; extreme, nonconformist views; the side of one's personality which harbors a tendency toward such behavior or such views.

Noun

freak flag (plural freak flags)

  1. (idiomatic) Unconventional or unrestrained behavior; extreme, nonconformist views; the side of one's personality which harbors a tendency toward such behavior or such views.
    • "We were just blatantly flaunting our freak flag," she says. "We were trying to be badder than anyone else—and we were getting away with it!"1988 February 21, Sarah Peasley, “Swinging Singing”, in Washington Post
    • Tom Robbins, whose cosmic-absurdist, stoner-philosophical novels have moved undergraduates to scrawl So true!!! in the margins for decades, has again deputized himself to carry the freak flag of irreverence and fleshly indulgence.2000 May 21, James Poniewozik, “Books: Sex, Drugs and Subatomic Particles”, in New York Times

freak flag meaning in Bengali

freak flag in Bengali

অপ্রচলিত, অসংযত আচরণ, চরম, অপ্রথাসিদ্ধ মতাদর্শ

Forms of freak flag

pluralfreak flags

Origin of freak flag

Reportedly originated from song lyrics for If 6 Was 9 (1967) by Jimi Hendrix and was popularized by its use in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's counterculture anthem Almost Cut My Hair.

Questions about freak flag

What does freak flag mean?
Freak flag means unconventional or unrestrained behavior; extreme, nonconformist views; the side of one's personality which harbors a tendency toward such behavior or such views.
What is freak flag in Bengali?
Freak flag in Bengali is অপ্রচলিত, অসংযত আচরণ, চরম. See Freak flag meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is freak flag?
Freak flag is a noun.
What is the plural of freak flag?
The plural of freak flag is freak flags.

Words near freak flag in the dictionary

  1. frd
  2. FRE
  3. freak
  4. freak accident
  5. freak accidents
  6. freak flag
  7. freak flags
  8. freak folk
  9. freak of nature
  10. freak off
  11. freak offs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freak flag (page history and authors); freak flag (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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