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A member of the beat counterculture, or one who lives a beat lifestyle. Similar to a hippie. The term comes from Jack Kerouac's book "The Dharma Bums." (Japhy is the name of a character, modeled after Kerouac’s friend Gary Snyder.)
"Colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middleclass non-identity which usually finds its perfect expression on the outskirts of the campus in rows of well-to-do houses with lawns and television sets in each living room with everybody looking at the same thing and thinking the same thing at the same time while the Japhies of the world go prowling in the wilderness..." --The Dharma Bums
Japhies by S.dedalus December 17, 2008
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Jappiegaming day

A day in which you Celebrate the making of the amazing YouTube channel, "jappiegaming" it is on the 5th of october.
Today is my favourite day because it is jappiegaming day.
Jappiegaming day by Jwvsa June 7, 2021
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A South African. Originated in the early 1990's when the Springbok rugby team emerged from the sporting sanctions. Jappie Mulder was a strong midfield player for the Springboks. Generally a derogatory way a New Zealander will refer to a South African
How did the English go against the Jappies at Twickenham on Saturday? Oh they got destroyed as usual.
jappie by Jonathan Horrax June 29, 2011
A term referring to a person who grew up on a farm and is not familiar with city life, naive, often unsophisticated. Not too polite, often used as a derogatory term for Caucasian South Africans by the British and by people of former British Colonies such as Australia and New Zealand. It appears to have been derived from the Dutch term "plaasjapie" meaning a farm-boy, and implies someone who is ignorant and uneducated, aimed mainly at the Afrikaner (of Dutch origin)
True account of convo heard by mine own ears in the bowls pavilion of Nairobi Club c.1967
Pater: So why didn't stay in South Africa, Izzy?
Izzy : Ag, Man! I can't stand the bloody Jappies,
jappie by tumbokubwa June 21, 2013
When you're so excited, in love or happy that you get tingles, goosebumps, butterflies, and what feels like electric shocks through your body.
While standing there, exchanging vows, I had the jippies more than ever before.
Jippies by Mommyjeca May 25, 2019
Juicy Apples, Japples. Epic.
These are some really good japples.
Japples by Malachi 425 December 16, 2020

Japplesticks 

a word that is said to express anger
"Japplesticks, I forgot to do my homework!"
Japplesticks by Cam P. December 9, 2008