herp
noun
Often the herp oral herpes or genital herpes.
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herp
1 American
[herp]
/ hɛrp /
noun
Slang.
herp.
2
American
Or
herpet
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of herp
First recorded in 1975–80; by shortening
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“I have a two o’clock appointment,” Jule told the man at the herp desk.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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 Elizabeth Brightwen
But at last she took it into herp.
From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Elizabeth Brightwen
She'll not be thinking much of ta herp for a music maker!
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
I hope my friend can understand that I am thanking herp.
From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Elizabeth Brightwen
She put off herp. 272judgment till she should hear more, went about her usual occupations, and sent Phœbe home till letters should come, when they would meet again.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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