http://podictionary.com/?p=1968 The surprising histories of words you thought you knew. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://podictionary.com/?p=1968&cpage=1#comment-18575 Martin Watts Tue, 12 May 2009 06:02:58 +0000 http://podictionary.com/?p=1968#comment-18575 In Patrick O'Brian's novels when Captain Jack Aubrey is depressed he says that he is "hipped", which I see from the NSOED is the same as hypped and hypt. That dictionary cites Longfellow: "What with his bad habits and his domestic grievances he became completely hipped." In Patrick O’Brian’s novels when Captain Jack Aubrey is depressed he says that he is “hipped”, which I see from the NSOED is the same as hypped and hypt. That dictionary cites Longfellow:
“What with his bad habits and his domestic grievances he became completely hipped.”

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