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yippie

noun yip·pie \ˈyi-pē\

Definition of YIPPIE

:  a person belonging to or identified with a politically active group of hippies
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Origin of YIPPIE

Youth International Party + -ie (as in hippie)
First Known Use: 1968

Rhymes with YIPPIE

chippy, dippy, drippy, flippy, hippie, hippy, lippy, nippy, quippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, yippee, zippy

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