bippy

English

Etymology

Pacifier sense from a brand name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.pi/

Noun

bippy (plural bippies)

1. (colloquial) An unspecified part of the anatomy, usually used in the phrase "you bet your (sweet) bippy".

   Does this new law give us the right to trespass anywhere we like? You bet your sweet bippy it does.

2. (childish, rare) A pacifier.
   • 2011, Jo Wharton Heath, Sarah's Alice‎^[1]:

     Maybe it has something to do with infant pacifiers. I've heard them called bippies. And if bippies are pacifiers, and pacifiers are nipple imitators, maybe bippies have something to do with breasts.

   • 2013, Jim Pepper, Not Your Ordinary Vietnam War Stories‎^[2]:

     […] you can bet your baby's last bippy (pacifier) that it was considered by high up mucky-mucks to be an aggressive act of war […]