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bippy, n. slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈbɪpi|, U.S. |ˈbɪpi|
Forms: 19– bippey, 19– bippie, 19– bippy
[Origin unknown.
Popularized by use as a nonsense word with an air of general innuendo, but intentionally vague meaning, on the U.S. television programme Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–72): see quot. 1968.]
you bet your (sweet) bippy and variants: be assured, certainly; cf. bet v. c. Hence: the buttocks, the backside.
1968N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Oct. 146/1 [On Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in] we say things like, ‘You bet your bippy!’ or ‘You bet your nurdle!’ I'm sure some people attach a dirty connotation to those words. We don't even know what they mean; they're just funny. 1979Globe & Mail (Toronto) 29 Mar. 16/5 Dance your bippy off. 1983Sunday Intelligencer (Bucks County, Pa.) 4 Sept. a9/4 The only thing they found immoral in the Vietnam War was the possibility that they might get their bippies shot off. 1990H. Whittemore CNN vi. 300 You bet your bippy we're taking a position. 1999Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 4 Dec. 1 If the victims had been children of the established residents,..you bet you're [sic] sweet bippie you would have heard some outcry. 2005Guardian (Nexis) 12 Nov. 52 You can bet your sweet bippy that if you stifled your cynical snorting and followed their suggestions, you'd end up feeling far better. |