[Ads-l] Antedating of "Yippie"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Sep 13 23:09:08 UTC 2020


 Yippie (OED 1968 Apr.)

Jan. 1968, The Realist, article written by Paul Krassner, pg. 21, col. 2:
Coincidental with the Democrats' Convention there's going to be a Youth International Party -- YIP -- and Chicago will be invaded by a mass of _yippies_.

Fred Shapiro

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