tune in, turn on, drop out en · X
Etymology
A counterculture slogan that first appeared in the 1960s and popularized by Timothy Leary and attributed to Marshall McLuhan.
Meanings
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To pay attention to the new way of living; to go within yourself, to take drugs; to abandon the established ways and cease conforming.
That research might eventually move the category of drugs from their turn-on-tune-in-drop-out heyday in counterculture San Francisco to the mainstream.
2018 August 23, Kara Swisher, “How and Why Silicon Valley Gets High”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| turn on, tune in, drop out | alternative | lexicographic |