"Kype"

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS II has a number of exx. from 1932-34 to 1996. Most are not military.  Ety. unkn.

  The only person I've actually heard use the word was a fellow graduate student who was from Oshkosh, Wis.  That was back in the mid '70s.

  JL

Jim Parish <jparish at SIUE.EDU> wrote:
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Does anyone have any data on the geographical, social, or temporal
distribution of the word "kype", meaning to steal? I recall hearing it in
my Army-brat youth - that would be in the mid-'60s or so - but I've only
encountered it a couple of times since, once in the writings of sf/f writer
Glen Cook (who puts it in the mouth of an ex-Marine), but also once in
a livejournal entry by a civilian woman (who did not respond to my
question as to where she picked it up).

It seems likely to me that it's a bit of military slang, but I'd be interested
in confirmation or refutation.

Jim Parish

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