Talk:HYP

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I hope that "hypochonaria" (indeed, looks like a $20 word) will eventually be wiped out (with wikipedia's help; in fact this was my sole goal in writing this entry). Then I guess this item will become obsolete and may be removed from the list. Mikkalai 20:04, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I'm totally mystified by the that definition of Hyp listed on this page. Is the idea that "hyp" is used to mean "hypochonaria", which itself is meaningless? I think this line is more confusing than anything else, and I'd like to delete it. I'll be bold now and do it, but I wanted to put a note in Talk: to explain myself. Remes 22:49, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I should include the entry I just deleted:

Internet proliferates the definition "Hyp: an abbreviation of hypochonAria", which is an OCR error from scanning the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). It should be read "hypochondria". Modern Webster's dictionary says that "Hyp" or "hyps" is an archaic usage in this sense.

Remes 22:52, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'm having trouble understanding what you posted, but let me just say that the entry made perfect sense to me. A lookup of "hyp" on dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hyp) corroborates the claim that "hyp" appears in the dictionary with the misspelling "hypochonaria" as the definition. I'm reinstating the definition Mikkalai created. –MementoVivere 21:02, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Sorry I was unclear. My concern was this: the dictionary.com entry manifestly makes no sense. I don't understand the purpose of including a discussion of it under the this disambiguation page. If we want to say, for instance, "Hyp is an archaic abbreviation of hypochondria", that's fine with me. But to put in the discussion of a mistaken word I think just confuses people. Remes 02:05, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Now that I think about it, the use of "hyp" as an archaic abbreviation for "hypochondria" doesn't even seem worth mentioning, not to mention the discussion of the misspelling. In fact, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary notes that it is a colloquial expression, usually used in the plural "hyps", quoting Jonathan Swift, "Heaven send thou hast not got the hyps," from Cassinus and Peter (1731). I'm going to remove this definition. –MementoVivere 20:40, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I think it would simply be prudent to list hyp as a colloquial way of saying hypochondria, which is exactly what the OED does. Any further discussion is meaningless. Unless, of course you feel confident in challenging their authority on etymology.