"put you hep" 1903 (antedating?)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Assuredly.

The etymology of hep/hip remains a mystery. It/they suddenly appear in
print around 1903.

JL

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>
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> > Whether this is an antedating (it's earlier than OED), I'm not sure.
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> Because no one else has deigned to comment, I take it upon myself to
> declare this an authentic antedating, based upon the broad scope of my
> personal experience in putting people hep to the jive.
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