# U.S. Dialect survey: "kipe" or "kype" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658 "2005-02-11T22:03:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/41 "2005-02-13T01:32:33Z")
1. Nope. 2. Spent my formative years in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington DC. 3. 38 this month. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/42 "2005-02-13T03:43:31Z")
A) Yes. I’ve used this word since my childhood in the 1950s. B) Oklahoma C) 57 ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/43 "2005-02-13T03:48:51Z")
There’s some interesting material about the usage and origin of the word “kipe” [here](http://www.word-detective.com/021804.html) (scroll about 2/3rds of the way down the page). ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/44 "2005-02-13T06:16:22Z")
No, Northern Virginia, and 16 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/45 "2005-02-13T19:31:42Z")
No, though “cop” and “cob” sometimes mean “steal,” around here. Central Indiana. 1. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/46 "2005-02-13T22:19:04Z")
Nope. SE Texas 42 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/47 "2005-02-13T22:29:27Z")
1. Never heard of it. 2. Maryland. 3. Just turned 40. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/48 "2005-02-13T22:35:04Z")
I’m 19, grew up in Connecticut, and never heard of the word before now. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/49 "2005-02-14T01:14:14Z")
A. No. I thought this was going to be about the british slang word for a nap. B. My childhood was equally divided between MA and NH C. 27 ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/50 "2005-02-14T16:11:09Z")
a. no b. Georgia c. 42 So is this word a variant of the verb “[cop](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cop)?” Seems to have the same usage. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/51 "2005-02-14T16:17:56Z")
a. No b. NE Ohio c. 54 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/52 "2005-02-14T21:42:40Z")
No South Carolina 44 [Earlier thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=60208), with a link to an even earlier one. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/53 "2005-02-14T21:57:36Z")
a. No, never heard of it. b. Arkansas c. 48 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/54 "2005-02-14T22:10:18Z")
a. Yes, kipe b. St Paul, Minnesota c. 50 ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/55 "2005-02-14T22:23:13Z")
Never heard any of the variants of it until this thread. Grew up in western SD, lived in southern CA, TX, and WI. 34 ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/56 "2005-02-15T14:04:53Z")
a)no b)Cleveland c)47 ---
**Author:** ![meaghannn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@meaghannn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meaghannn)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/57 "2010-09-23T05:54:43Z")
A)yes B) Gig Harbor WA C)I have heard this word for years since I was young,…early mid 60’s …it means to “swipe” ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/58 "2010-09-23T06:06:22Z")
“Kipe,” heard it all my life for low level stealing (i.e., kipe a doughnut), didn’t know how to spell it until I asked here some time ago. Southern California, various air force bases, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado. 60 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/59 "2010-09-23T06:36:15Z")
No. N.E. Ohio 64 ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658/60 "2010-09-23T08:41:00Z")
No Rural/suburban Illinois 54 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658.md?page=4)