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Laugh-In Catch Phrases

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Bippy

Posted by grantbarrett on May 28, 2011 · Add Comment

Where’d we get the expression “You bet your sweet bippy!”? It’s from Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, a zany television show from the late 1960s. The word bippy, by the way, means “butt.” The phrase “You bet your sweet bippy” is a linguistic descendant of earlier versions that go back to at least the 1880s, when [...]
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