Tattooed Helmut kirchmeiz Hannibal at the STOCKTON International Riverside Festival (SIRF), Teesside, UK _ July 2010

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In contemporary usage, the word "freak" is commonly used to refer to a person with something unusual about their appearance or behaviour. This usage dates from the so-called freak scene of the 1960s and 1970s. "Freak" in this sense may be used either as a pejorative, a term of admiration, or a self-description

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