[Ads-l] Antedating Hep?

Peter Reitan pjreitan at HOTMAIL.COM
Mon Apr 4 21:06:03 UTC 2016


"Slang of Ninety-Nine," The The Saint Paul Globe, August 20, 1899, page 19, Column 4. (chronicling America).

List of slang words reprinted from the Chicago Chronicle includes: 

"HEP, adj. Well informed; cognizant of what is going on."

 		 	   		  
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