: a person belonging to or identified with a politically active group of hippies
Examples of yippie in a Sentence
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In other words, if a Willis deepfake appears in an American ad for potato chips, then a claim becomes viable; if someone deepfakes Willis’ yippie-ki-yay swagger into a home movie and throws it on YouTube, the actor may not have much of a case.
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WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
In 1967, during the Vietnam War, the Youth International Party, better known as the yippies, decided that the Pentagon was in need of an exorcism—and a levitation.
—Wired, 30 Oct. 2019
The hippies and yippies who wanted to levitate the massive 3.7 million-square-foot building couldn’t fully encircle it as planned — though the exorcism was more about theatrics than anything else.
—Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
In 1967, during the Vietnam War, the Youth International Party, better known as the yippies, decided that the Pentagon was in need of an exorcism—and a levitation.
—Wired, 30 Oct. 2019
The hippies and yippies who wanted to levitate the massive 3.7 million-square-foot building couldn’t fully encircle it as planned — though the exorcism was more about theatrics than anything else.
—Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
Youth International Party + -ie (as in hippie)
First Known Use
1968, in the meaning defined above
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“Yippie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yippie. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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