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98:. Eighteenth century dictionaries list "Hip" as an attention-getting interjection, and in an example from 1790 it is repeated. "Hip-hip" was added as a preparatory call before making a toast or cheer in the early 19th century, probably after 1806. By 1813, it had reached its modern form, hip-hip-hurrah. 127:
of August to October 1819. Cornell's Michael Fontaine disputes this etymology, tracing it to a single letter in an English newspaper published August 28, 1819, some weeks after the riots. He concludes that the "acrostic interpretation ... has no basis in fact."
79:: the cheer is initiated by one person exclaiming "Three cheers for..." (or, more archaically, "Three times three"), then calling out "hip hip" (archaically, "hip hip hip") three times, each time being responded by "hooray" or "hurrah". 245: 82:
The cheer continues to be used to express congratulations. In Australia, South Africa, and to a lesser extent the United Kingdom, the cheer is usually expressed after the singing of "
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One theory about the origin of "hurrah" is that the Europeans picked up the Mongol exclamation "hooray" as an enthusiastic cry of bravado and mutual encouragement. See
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The call was recorded in England in the beginning of the 19th century in connection with making a
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Plays by H. J. Byron: The Babes in the Wood, The Lancashire Lass, Our Boys, The Gaiety Gulliver
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The 'Jewish Question' in German Literature, 1749-1939 : Emancipation and its Discontents
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erdita", meaning "Jerusalem is lost", a term that gained notoriety in the German
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Read, Allen Walker (1961-05-01). "The Rebel Yell as a Linguistic Problem".
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also disputes the "folk etymology" of the acronym interpretation, citing
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called out to express congratulation toward someone or something, in the
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Gabay's Copywriter's Compendium, Jonathan Gaby, pub. (Elsevier) 2006,
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Alma Mater: Or, Seven Years at the University of Cambridge
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It has been suggested that the word "hip" stems from a
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Three Cheers
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Hip Hip Hurray (disambiguation)
cheer
English-speaking
interjection
call and response
Happy Birthday to You
toast
medieval
Latin
acronym
Hep hep riots
Ritchie Robertson
Jacob Katz
Jack Weatherford's
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Huzzah
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 9
Google Books
Alma Mater: Or, Seven Years at the University of Cambridge
Plays by H. J. Byron: The Babes in the Wood, The Lancashire Lass, Our Boys, The Gaiety Gulliver
Twain, Mark
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories
"Aussie birthday ritual shocks Americans living Down Under"
"Queen unveils plaque marking navy's 100th"
"Queen calls Royal Jubilee a 'humbling experience'"
doi
10.2307/453841
ISSN

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