hip

[Walter Potter]

Anybody know what the Juba to Jive dictionary has to say? I got to get a
copy of that book.

The American Heritage Dictionary says that it is "perhaps" from the
Wolof word hipi or hepi. I think the word "perhaps" is probably right on
the money because we will never know for sure.
--
maxdog

Karen McFarland wrote:

> i always thought that "hip" / "hep"  was derived from a west african
> term ["hipi," i think, in wolof] meaning "in the know"--having great
> intuitive powers--and that that's how it got into the jargon of african
> american jazz and blues musicians.  i'll have to do the research to back
> up this claim;  no time this week, though.---karen
>
>
> Date:    Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:09:50 -0500
> From:    Steve Freund <stevefreund@SPEAKEASY.NET
> <http://by12fd.bay12.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=F000000001&a=7041bb446ebfc50185e6390d7084bad2&mailto=1&to=stevefreund@SPEAKEASY.NET&msg=MSG1100063091.24&start=13491473&len=46859&src=&type=x>>
> Subject: Re: What is hip?
>
> I have always thought "hip" derived from "hep", slang of the jazz age.
> Heroin
> was all the rage back
> then, and so was hepatitis. So saying "I'm hep" means to get high, to be
> cool,
> to be "hip".
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:01:39 -0600
> From:    Karen Hanson <karen.hanson@gmail.com
> <http://by12fd.bay12.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=F000000001&a=7041bb446ebfc50185e6390d7084bad2&mailto=1&to=karen.hanson@gmail.com&msg=MSG1100063091.
> 24&start=13491473&len=46859&src=&type=x>>
> Subject: Re: What is hip?
>
> For theories on the origins of "hip" and "hep", see
>
> The Straight Dope: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhip.html
> <javascript:OpenWin('http://64.4.34.250:80/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=235bac1b2dd4de83ab4d7c5a1fc71178&lat=1100073307&hm___action=http%253a%252f%252fwww%252estraightdope%252ecom%252fmailbag%252fmhip%252ehtml');>
> and http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_241b.html
> <javascript:OpenWin('http://64.4.34.250:80/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=8acd40c394ed6df6ff873ee07569ae99&lat=1100073307&hm___action=http%253a%252f%252fwww%252estraightdope%252ecom%252fclassics%252fa3_241b%252ehtml');>
>
> Karen
>
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