[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hip" (Fashionable, Up-to-Date, Stylish, Sophisticated)

[Shapiro, Fred]

hip, adj. (OED, 2., 1939)

1938 Jersey Journal 3 Dec. 9/4 (Newspapers.com)

The new revised edition of the band leader's [Cab Calloway's] "dictionary" [includes] ... hip (sic) (adj.) — wise, sophisticated.

NOTE: (sic) appears in the original text.

Fred Shapiro

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