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High Yield Investment Program.

A synonym for typically Internet-based ponzi schemes, with small minimums (typically less than US$500) and promised sky high returns without risk (i.e. more than 20% per year).

NOTE: See Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns
by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton.
Remember that new HYIP that I found that pays 25% a month? Well it paid for three months and then it collapsed.
HYIP by Alfredo Alberto September 20, 2004
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1. A general expression of excitement and happiness.

The word "hyip" is the bastard child of the words hip and yip. Usually repeated twice in quick succession, the pitch of your voice should match the level of your excitement (higher pitch = more excited). Users of the phrase are often seen attempting to leap into the air while sitting down.
- How do you like your Dell Axim x50v?
- Hyip! Hyip!
hyip by E. Rock December 8, 2004
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hyippins 

1. A general expression of self-satisfaction.

A variation of the word hyip, "hyippins" indicates smugness rather than excitement. Should only be uttered in the most self-satisfied voice humanly possible.
- How were munchies?
- Hyippins.
hyippins by E. Rock December 8, 2004

HyipHyip 

An exclamation of fearlessness used by Hicks and country folk. Said right before doing something dangerous or very country thing. Often said at country parties in fields where shit is bound to happen!

Referenced in The YouTube video Redneck Jack In The Box by Puglife
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Hey I bet you won’t jump two stories off that roof onto a wooden table with a deer mount between your legs.
Oh yeah, hold my beer... HyipHyip
HyipHyip by TINYfury Page May 4, 2020
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
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