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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 vip and vim #168727 06/17/07 12:44 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 L lachapakhan OP stranger OP lachapakhan stranger L Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 i was wondering what you can tell me about the word "vip" ... not the acronym VIP, but just vip. i was playing scrabble, the other day, and i was challenged on the word vip. none of our dictionaries and none of the online dictionaries had this word listed, but i clearly remember the phrase "vip and vim" as a reference to having a lot of energy and enthusiasm. is "vip" a word or not? if so, why can't i find it? why is "vim" listed in various dictionaries, but not "vip"? my friends all said they were familiar with the phrase "vigor and vim", but i have never heard that phrase, myself. am i living in a weird vip bubble of some kind? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: vip and vim lachapakhan #168728 06/17/07 01:30 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5 U.S.A. polyglot stranger polyglot stranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5 U.S.A. Well, I've never seen 'vip and vim'. I have seen 'vim and vigor'. I did a quick look through Google's OBSCURE WORDS, and I did not find the word 'vip' there either. I did a search for just the word 'vip'. I did not even find an entry in the 1913 version of Webster's Unabridged dictionary... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: vip and vim polyglot #168731 06/17/07 02:09 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 L lachapakhan OP stranger OP lachapakhan stranger L Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 i did find usages of "vip and vim" when i searched for that string (quotes and all) in google ... i just didn't find any kind of definition or dictionary entries. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: vip and vim lachapakhan #168733 06/17/07 02:42 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass vim and vigor : 62,500 ghits (the 10 hits for "Vip and Vim" mostly have to do with Voltage) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: vip and vim tsuwm #168739 06/17/07 11:40 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: tsuwm vim and vigor : 62,500 ghits (the 10 hits for "Vip and Vim" mostly have to do with Voltage) Vip might could be peak input voltage and Vim could be mean input voltage, except it seems they aren't. In the voltage examples Vip is positive input voltage and Vim is negative(?!) input voltage. Maybe a typo. I get more hits for "vip and vin". About a 3 to 1 ratio not correcting for other meanings for "vip and vim". Some of the other "vip and vim" hits it's really "VIP and vim" where VIP seems to be our old friend Very Important Person. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: vip and vim lachapakhan #169050 07/07/07 09:16 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 L lachapakhan OP stranger OP lachapakhan stranger L Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 several of the google hits are unrelated to my question ... some of the relevant examples are: http://harpist.typepad.com/twangtwangtwang/2007/01/index.html http://weight-loss.fitness.com/156283-post1337.html http://pitbullsrock.tribe.net/thread/12933124-17d0-4860-a1d5-f4ec37dbaabe these links seem to be using things they way i would expect ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: vip and vim lachapakhan #169051 07/07/07 11:32 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Even though I'm much more familiar with the "vim and vigour" version, I have actually heard "vip and vim" used in this way. Not often, and not for a VERY lnog time, but I have a memory of from my childhood, which means it was likely from my Dad. His Anglo-Indian background and hill station boarding school education still throw up some usages and phrases that surprise me. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: vip and vim sjmaxq #169056 07/07/07 03:37 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky What is a hill station, please? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: vip and vim Jackie #169057 07/07/07 04:09 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh What is a hill station, please? It's a town in the mountains that is cooler than the towns down on the plains mainly in India. Just last month I visited one, Udagamandalam, (or Ooty for short) while in South India. Here's a list of them. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: vip and vim zmjezhd #169062 07/07/07 05:47 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Whoa, you went to India? Cool! Yes, I've read about people there seeking the cool of the mountains in summer; but the word station made me wonder if they were some kind of fort. 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