hyphy
/ˈhaɪfiː/adjective, noun
hyphy is an adjective meaning “Rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-H-Y, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hyphy mean?
adjective
- 1
slangRambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior.
She was so hyphy outside the club Saturday night, she nearly punched a cop!
- 2
Of or relating to the hyphy music subgenre or culture.
noun
- 1
A subgenre of hip-hop music and dancing associated with the San Francisco Bay Area.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hyphy?
- /ˈhaɪfiː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyphy
- hyphier comparative
- hyphiest superlative
- hyphe
- hyphee
- hyphie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyphy?
Hyphy appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does hyphy come from?
Probably an alteration of hype or hyper. American rapper Keak da Sneak is sometimes credited as coining the word in the 1990s, but no evidence exists to support this and the term is first attested in 2002.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).