hyphy

ˈhaɪfiː

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#1·4h ago

(slang) Rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior.

She was so hyphy outside the club Saturday night, she nearly punched a cop!

Origin: Probably an alteration of or . is sometimes credited as coining the word in the 1990s, but no evidence exists to support this and the term is. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·4h ago

(music) Of or relating to the hyphy music subgenre or culture.

Oakland is the place to look for 'hyphy' (hyperactive) New Bay hip-hop, while SoCal is still riding the '[[crunk#Adjective

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#3·4h ago

(music genre) A subgenre of hip-hop music and dancing associated with the San Francisco Bay Area.

It was Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak who claims to have invented the term: upon being told by his mother that he was “hyperactive”, Keak repeated the term as “hyphy”. Since then, hyphy has come to refer to a complex group of cultural acti…

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