- Nope.
- Spent my formative years in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington DC.
- 38 this month.
A) Yes. I’ve used this word since my childhood in the 1950s.
B) Oklahoma
C) 57
There’s some interesting material about the usage and origin of the word “kipe” here (scroll about 2/3rds of the way down the page).
No, Northern Virginia, and 16
No, though “cop” and “cob” sometimes mean “steal,” around here.
Central Indiana.
Nope.
SE Texas
42
- Never heard of it.
- Maryland.
- Just turned 40.
I’m 19, grew up in Connecticut, and never heard of the word before now.
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
a. no
b. Georgia
c. 42
So is this word a variant of the verb “cop?” Seems to have the same usage.
a. No
b. NE Ohio
c. 54
No
South Carolina
44
Earlier thread, with a link to an even earlier one.
a. No, never heard of it.
b. Arkansas
c. 48
a. Yes, kipe
b. St Paul, Minnesota
c. 50
Never heard any of the variants of it until this thread.
Grew up in western SD, lived in southern CA, TX, and WI.
34
a)no
b)Cleveland
c)47
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”
“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
No.
N.E. Ohio
64
No
Rural/suburban Illinois
54