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Jesus freak
noun
a fervent Christian, especially a recent convert US, 1966
The quintessential use of the term was in Elton John’s 1971 song “Tiny Dancer”.- Jesus freaks out in the street / Handing ticket out for God. — Bernie Taupin (performed by Elton John), Tiny Dancer, 1971
- These goddman Jesus freaks! They’re multiplying like rats! — Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, p. 134, 1971
- JESUS FREAK: a person who has found Jesus to be the “ultimate trip,” e.g., a head who has gone beyond acid to Christ. — Robert Buckhout, Toward Social Change, p. 465, 1971
- The obvious mainstay of revolution is the stereotyped Jesus Freak popularized by the mass media. — Ronald Enreth, The Jesus People, 1972
- “Jesus Freaks” harassed the third annual Christopher Street West Parade in Los Angeles — The Advocate, p. 5, 19 July 1972
- Stout did his twenty-five interviews, and he was on his way out of Zanesville when he came upon an encampment of Jesus freaks. — Timothy Crouse, The Boys on the Bus, p. 49, 1973
- And who then had their sordid squabble taken out of their hands by vengeful cops and Jesus freaks[.] — Hunter S. Thompson, Songs of the Doomed, p. 298, 1990
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