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desafinado
2022年6月17日

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"Hype" is often used in a Hip Hop scene.
What is this word coming from?
Is it contraction of something originally such as hyperbole?

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jimpjorps
2022年6月17日

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Yes, it's originally from the word "hyperbole".

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Foogod
2022年6月17日

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It is actually unclear exactly what the origin is. It is reasonable to think it may have come from "hyperbole", but there is no evidence to really confirm whether it did or not as far as I know. There are several other possible sources, though.

From https://www.etymonline.com/word/hype:

hype (n.)
"excessive or misleading publicity or advertising," 1967, American English (the verb is attested from 1937), probably in part a back-formation of hyperbole, but also from underworld slang verb hype "to swindle by overcharging or short-changing" (1926), itself a back-formation from hyper "short-change con man" (1914), from the prefix hyper- meaning "over, to excess."

Also possibly influenced by drug addicts' slang hype, shortening of hypodermic needle (1913). Related: Hyped; hyping. In early 18c., hyp "morbid depression of the spirits" was colloquial for hypochondria (usually as the hyp or the hyps).

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desafinado
2022年6月17日

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@Foogod

Thanks.

When I was listening to "Don't believe the hype" by Public Enemy, I thought that "hype" is coming from "hyperbole." There seems to be two meanings of "hype" today. "Hype" of "Don't believe the hype" might be coming from "Hyperbole."

It is good to know the origin of words as an English learner. Without knowing the origin of "hyperbole", I might forget the meaning of it soon.
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