[Ads-l] derpy - 2004

[Ben Zimmer]

See also the Winter 2011 installment of "Among the New Words" in AmSp 86.4,
which has an entry for "derp"/"durp"/"derp derp" (but not "derpy").

https://bit.ly/ATNW86-4 (pp. 461-3)

(The 1999 "South Park" episode "Mr. Succubus" cited therein includes such
stellar dialogue as "Derp de derpity derpy derp.")

On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 9:58 PM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Not in the OED or Merriam-Webster.
>
> 1. The UD has a 2004 citation:
>
> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derpy&page=2 <
> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derpy&page=2>
>
> ###
> Something that can explain something that is cool or dumb.
> 1)Man this song is so derpy!
> 2)Yah, that guy is such a derpy derp!
> by Rob June 18, 2004
> ###
>
> 2. Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:derpy <
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:derpy>) has citations back to
> 2011.
>
> 3. Dictionary.com redirects to derp (
> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/derp <
> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/derp>), which it says goes back to
> between 1995 and 2000 but offers no citations.
>
> Related, the OED has der and Dictionary.com <http://dictionary.com/> has
> derp, and Wiktionary has both. The HDAS is silent on all three.
>
> In addition to meaning “foolish”, both Wiktionary and the UD include the
> meaning of misaligned eyes (having strabismus:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus>).
>
> For the Wiktionary citations, see
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:derpy <
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:derpy>. Here are the UD
> citations that I found:
>
> 4. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derpy&page=6 <
> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derpy&page=6>
> A stupid and hilarious looking face often with an awkward smile or crossed
> eyes
> "Look up derp dog to see an example of a derpy face"
> by urbancow May 29, 2016
>
> 5. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derpy&page=8 <
> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derpy&page=8>
> A Derpy Chicken is a chicken that lays rainbow colored eggs that usually
> have googly eyes
> (Dude 1) "Woah dude! Did you see that derpy chicken?"
> (Dude 2) "How could you tell what it was?"
> (Dude 1) "It laid a rainbow egg."
> by Mr. Phoenix January 17, 2019
>
> 6. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derpy&page=9 <
> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derpy&page=9>
> The relaxed, goofy look a cat gets when you scratch them in just the right
> spot. Also, the look Owen Wilson gets after a big bong rip.
> Wow, look at how derpy Garfield looks after that giant zoot.
> by Markles the Sea Creature August 26, 2022
>
> 7. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derpy&page=12 <
> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derpy&page=12>
> When you're doing your make up and one eye turns out better than the
> other. The bad eye is what's known as a 'derpy eye'.
> I swear no matter what I do, I cannot fix this derpy eye!
> by PutMeOn_Allesh February 2, 2018
>

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