herp

¹ American  

[herp] / hɛrp /

noun

Slang.

1. Often the herp oral herpes or genital herpes.

   Don’t go out with some skeevy rando you met at a bar who probably has the herp.

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herp. ² American  

Or herpet

abbreviation

1. herpetology.

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Etymology

Origin of herp

First recorded in 1975–80; by shortening

Example Sentences

“I have a two o’clock appointment,” Jule told the man at the herp desk.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

She'll not be thinking much of ta herp for a music maker!

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

But at last she took it into herp.

From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Brightwen, Elizabeth

Having ascertained all I wished to know about the maternal instincts of the earwig, I released the mother and herp.

From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Brightwen, Elizabeth

I hope my friend can understand that I am thanking herp.

From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Brightwen, Elizabeth