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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread hipped #112228 09/16/2003 3:56 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "But, my dear friend, put yourself in my place,” replied the Musketeer. “I was hipped to death; I think it is obvious that "hipped" refers to being thrown in a wrestling match. Here is refers to an emotional state after an unpleasant experience. hipped 2 adj. 5< HYP(OCHONDRIA)6 1 [Now Rare] melancholy or depressed >2 [Colloq.] having a great, often excessive, interest; obsessed: with on !hipped on movies" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hipped #112229 09/18/2003 3:22 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... If it wasn't for the Muskateer citation my first reaction to hipped would have been that he had been so inundated with hipness and hip things, and the need to be hip, that he had bee "hipped to death", in a manner of speaking. Based on this definition of "hip". >Main Entry: 4hip Function: adjective Inflected Form(s): hip·per; hip·pest Etymology: alteration of 2hep Date: 1904 : characterized by a keen informed awareness of or involvement in the newest developments or styles < Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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