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/ˈhaɪfiː/ · adjective
(slang) Rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior..
She was so hyphy outside the club Saturday night, she nearly punched a cop!
Oakland is the place to look for 'hyphy' (hyperactive) New Bay hip-hop, while SoCal is still riding the 'crunk' (crazy-drunk) drum and bass beats with […]
It was Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak who claims to have invented the term: upon being told by his mother that he was “hyperactive”, Keak repeated the term as “hyphy”. Since then, hyphy has come to refer to a complex group of cultural activities synonymous with Oakland: it is at once a sound, a behavior, a choice in recreational drugs.
Use hyphy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hyphy means (slang) Rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She was so hyphy outside the club Saturday night, she nearly punched a cop!
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