Etymology

tune in, turn on, drop out

Today it means: To pay attention to the new way of living; to go within yourself, to take drugs; to abandon the established ways and cease conforming. Full definition →

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The story

A counterculture slogan that first appeared in the 1960s and popularized by Timothy Leary and attributed to Marshall McLuhan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.