1688: hiphop Jul 29, 2019

Although hip hop as a genre has been around only a few decades, the word has been around since the 17th century. At least by the 1670's as adverbial and described repetitive hopping, but the ablaut reduplication (i.e. doubling a word and changing part) also mirrors other words like 'tip-top'. Even the Rapper's Delight line "hip hop to the hippity hip" uses another version of this that developed in the 19th century, again about a hopping motion, and later certain kinds of dancing, but came to name a genre of music later on.
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