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Hip is a slang term sometimes defined as ''fashionably current'',〔B. Kirkpatrick ed., ''Roget's Thesaurus'' (1998) p. 570〕 and ''in the know''. It has also been defined as "an attitude, a stance" in opposition to the "unfree world", or to what is square, or prude. ''Hip'', like ''cool'', does not refer to one specific quality. What is considered hip is continuously changing. ==Origin of term== The term ''hip'' is recorded in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in the early 1900s, derived from the earlier form ''hep''. In the 1930s and 1940s, it had become a common slang term, particularly in the African-American dominated jazz scene. Despite research and speculation by both amateur and professional etymologists, the previous origins of the term ''hip'' and ''hep'' are disputed. Many etymologists believe that the terms ''hip'', ''hep'' and ''hepcat'' derive from the west African Wolof language word ''hepicat'',〔James Campbell, ''This is the Beat Generation'' (1999) p. 36〕 which means "one who has his eyes open".〔Holloway, Joseph E. (The Impact of African Languages on American English ). Retrieved on 2006.10.05.〕 Some etymologists reject this, however, tracing the origin of this putative etymology to David Dalby, a scholar of African languages who tentatively suggested the idea in the 1960s,〔.〕 and some have even adopted the denigration "to cry Wolof" as a general dismissal or belittlement of etymologies they believe to be based on "superficial similarities" rather than documented attribution.〔e.g. Grant Barrett, "(Humdinger of a Bad Irish Scholar )", in "The Lexicographer's Rules", 2007.11.09〕 Alternative theories trace the word's origins to those who used opium recreationally: because opium smokers commonly consumed the drug lying on their sides, or ''on the hip,'' the term became a coded reference to the practice;〔P. Lee, ''Opium Culture'' (2006) p. 2〕 and because opium smoking was a practice of socially influential trend-setting individuals, the cachet it enjoyed led to the circulation of the term ''hip'' by way of a kind of synecdoche. This etymology is however rejected by Sheidlower.〔 Slang dictionaries of past centuries give a term ''hip'' or ''hyp'' meaning melancholy or bored, shortened from the word ''hypochondriac''. However, this usage, more prevalent around 1800, was virtually extinct by 1900. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hip (slang)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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