tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586253061863910327.post6950761502013275459..comments2023-05-04T06:15:32.140-04:00Comments on Maniacal Hooting: Hooray For Yiddish!Glenn Whiddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882281734399847739noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586253061863910327.post-62981346303570232592021-01-01T18:15:16.372-05:002021-01-01T18:15:16.372-05:00My Mother would say - A1 hipsy PipsyMy Mother would say - A1 hipsy Pipsyroknroll3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08050127995137640437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586253061863910327.post-27335082866874208422014-02-28T11:29:12.594-05:002014-02-28T11:29:12.594-05:00Ipsy-Pipsy is also used frequently by Sarah Goldfa...Ipsy-Pipsy is also used frequently by Sarah Goldfarb in the book "Requiem For a Dream". I've been going nuts trying to find the definition. After reading it I also started using the term "Zophtic" do describe my body type lol. Maurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852577268041454638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586253061863910327.post-3759039019209730682011-06-13T08:12:48.383-04:002011-06-13T08:12:48.383-04:00Thank you so much! I thought it was like fancy-sh...Thank you so much! I thought it was like fancy-shmancy. Perhaps it is derived from ipso-facto, which sounds pretty fancy-shmancy to me.<br /><br />The book in which I came across this phrase is I'll Take It by Paul Rudnick and it is hilarious. One of the characters frequently says ipsy pipsy.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238266188625361518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586253061863910327.post-86883458879162237522011-06-09T21:44:53.373-04:002011-06-09T21:44:53.373-04:00Hi Marian. According to the inimitable Leo Rosten...Hi Marian. According to the inimitable Leo Rosten ipsy pipsy is used in a playful and amusing manner. The meaning is <br /><br />1. Everything is dandy!<br />2. Very fancy.<br /><br />"This exclamation, which I find enchanting, may be used derisively or with amusement, not unlike 'fancy-shmancy.'"<br /><br />Used in sentences: <br /><br />How's business? Ipsy pipsy, we're rolling in clover.<br /><br />Husband: Hey honey, I got tickets to the play you wanted to see.<br />Wife: Ipsy pipsy! I'll start dressing now.<br />Husband: Good. The tickets for tomorrow night.<br /><br />The captain of the guard came in, all ipsy pipsy like everything was dandy.Glenn Whiddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882281734399847739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586253061863910327.post-54942765903209515492011-06-08T14:49:49.296-04:002011-06-08T14:49:49.296-04:00Could you please define ipsy pipsy? I have come a...Could you please define ipsy pipsy? I have come across this phrase in a book I am reading and I do not know how to put it in the context of the story. Thank you.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238266188625361518noreply@blogger.com