the northern california way of life that includes going crazy, stupid, dumb, and retarded... to get hyphy you can get angry, hella happy, or just have a lot of energy... this is NOT a bay area version of crunk... this is a lifestyle that goes hand in hand with thizz... you can also get superhyphy which is doin hella much at one time... this takes hyphee to the next level and you gotta be really feelin yo self to feel that good...
keak da sneak: my definition of hyphy man is thizzin man is sniffin lines...

mac dre: i'm amped feelin good/ i'm hyphy/ in a bitch face with the thizz face off of nike/

by Nikita Davis March 24, 2006
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Both a genre of music and a lifestyle from the Bay Area, Oakland, San Fran, San Jo, Vallejo, and more. E-40, Mac Dre (r.i.p), The Pack, Keak Da Sneak, and The Federation are all hyphy artists. Hyphy basically means to go dumb, retarded, lose control and not care what anyone thinks. You can do this by dancing, getting in a fight, scraping, and ghost riding your car. This is the Bay CALIFORNIA. Not Tampa Bay, not Green Bay, Not any other bay. Hyphy is mainly underground but over the years its getting more exposure.
"We get hyphy out here save crunk for the south" - The Federation
by jersey kid November 22, 2007
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Bay Area term used to set the Bay Area aside from crunk ATL
by Ay'Anna May 8, 2005
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Hyphy vs. Crunk. Hyphy has been around way before crunk it just didnt have a push to get it going. CrunK is just a whole buncha people who moved from the yay area, Cali to ATL and stole to slang. the Bay originates all the cool slang used by rappers today. Crunk sucks. HYPHY MaynE!!

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Hyphy > Crunk!
Person 1: "wanna get crunk"
person 2: "what the fuck is crunk, we git hyphy".
by Bay Boy 707 October 10, 2007
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1)being in state of hyper activity
2)excessive amounts of energy often exerted
in a party environment
white t-shirt,blue jeans,and nikes
got the club so hyphy it had to be shut down
by MAURILIO November 30, 2005
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means crunk in the Golden State Area, made popular by Oakland's finest, Keak da Sneak
Me and my homies popped purple pills and went HYPHY at the sideshow
by Tammatar January 3, 2006
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Although mostly Bay Area, getting "hyphy" is more of an Oakland word defining getting ignorant, drunk/high, and quite violent within a group of friends.
Them krazy ninjas in the Town were gettin hyphy with them Boys in Blue, the fools were scraping the Pigs.
by Dre the SAV January 14, 2004
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