hypeman

See also: hype man

English

Etymology

From hype +‎ man.

Noun

hypeman (plural hypemen)

1. Alternative spelling of hype man
   • 2007 January 15, Virginia Heffernan, “He-Men Strut Stuff to Romance New York”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     What’s engrossing about “I Love New York” is exactly what was engrossing about “Flavor of Love,” the show’s progenitor, which starred Flavor Flav, a reality show veteran and onetime rap hypeman.

Anagrams

• nymphae, nymphæ

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English hypeman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaj.pmɛn/
• Rhymes: -ajpmɛn
• Syllabification: hype‧man

Noun

hypeman m pers

1. (hip-hop slang) hype man (hip-hop performer responsible for backup rapping and singing and increasing an audience’s excitement with call-and-response chants)

Declension

Declension of hypeman

	singular	plural
nominative	hypeman	hypemani/hypemany (deprecative)
genitive	hypemana	hypemanów
dative	hypemanowi	hypemanom
accusative	hypemana	hypemanów
instrumental	hypemanem	hypemanami
locative	hypemanie	hypemanach
vocative	hypemanie	hypemani

Further reading

• Piotr Fliciński, Stanisław Wójtowicz, editors (2007), “71”, in Hip-Hop Słownik, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN