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    [Interjection]  | "hep" | \ ˈhep \


    1: —used to mark a marching cadence


    Origin: 1862 ;

     Origin unknown;

    [Adjective]  | "hep" | \ ˈhep \


    1: hip


    Origin: 1899 ;

     Origin unknown;

    [Adjective]  | "hip" 


    1: having or showing awareness of or involvement in the newest developments or styles

    2: very fashionable : trendy

    3: aware or appreciative of something —used with to


    Origin: 1902 ;

     Alteration of {see: |hep:2|hep:2};

    [Adjective]  | "hep" 


    1: keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment;


      * e.g., " ... hep devotees of jazz were willing to brave any venue to hear him play "





    [Adjective]  | "hip" 


    1: being in the latest or current fashion;


      * e.g., " ... hip sunglasses whose fancy prices will make you squint in disbelief "





    2: having inside information;


      * e.g., " ... he wasn't hip to what was going on behind the scenes and was taken totally unawares by the company shake-up "





    3: keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment;


      * e.g., " ... hip fashionistas wouldn't be caught dead in that outfit "





     [ "hep" ]

    1: where hip came from, originated around the 50's and 60's

      * e.g.,  ... "reel big fish is totally hep!" 


     [ "hep" ]

    2: SKA kids use it

     [ "hep" ]

    1: A word used in southern california mid 60's early 70's a word/expression meaning of: In full and total agreement of:,to go along with,To:Agree,Concur.

      * e.g.,  ... dude#1:Oh man! that car looks like a piece of S#!T! dude#2:I'm hep!(2) dude#1:hey man,I'm thinking about going down to mickey dee's for a quarter pounder you hep?dude#2:I'm hep to it(3)dude#1:Wow!that looks so cool the way everything is arranged dude#2:I'm hep to that!. 

     [ "hep" ]

    1: old timey black-american slang meaning hip, cool. used alot by cab calloway as in "are you hep to the jive?". i have that CD, by the way.

     [ "hep" ]

    1: someone who knows the score. someone who understands 'jive talk'. someone who is 'with it'. the expression is not subject to definition because, if you don't 'dig' what it means, no one can ever tell you.

      * e.g.,  ... he was hep to the New York junk scene, so he could score for it easily. 

     [ "hep" ]

    1: The word that birthed the term "hip". Largely used by black Rude Boys and hipsters in Jamaica and the United Kingdom in the late 50's and early 60's, and is sometimes associated with ska.

      * e.g.,  ... Reel Big Fish is not hep, my friend. 

     [ "hep" ]

    1: this word once meant what "hip" came to mean, and what "phat" or "tha bomb" means today

      * e.g.,  ... That cat playing on the bongos is hep, man! 

     [ "hep" ]

    1: Black word for "help".

      * e.g.,  ... Asking for a loan: "I come to see iffin you could hep me wit a piece of money." 

     [ "hep" ]

    1: Hepatitis. A disease which affects the liver. There are 3 types, A, B, and C.

      * e.g.,  ... jimmy's got hep hep c from the H. 

     [ "hep" ]

    1: short for hepititis, a sexually transmitted funk

      * e.g.,  ... "Yo, Sam told me that Joe said that Rebecca had the hep!" 

     [ "hep" ]

    1: just a word to say whenever you feel like.

      * e.g.,  ... "hey" 


     [ "hep" ]

    2: seems to fit in any context.

      * e.g.,  ... "hep" 


     [ "hep" ]

    3: can express how your feeling based on how it is said.

      * e.g.,  ... "So, how was your day?" 


     [ "hep" ]

    4: can be turned into a whole language

      * e.g.,  ... "hephephephephbawebahep!!" 

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