herp

¹

[herp]

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.

herp.

²

Or herpet

abbreviation

1. herpetology.

Word History and Origins

Origin of herp¹

First recorded in 1975–80; by shortening

Example Sentences

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

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On the What the Herp website, citizen scientists can create an account and flip through photos to draw boxes around the creatures in the photos Fitch is learning from.

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Once Fitch is well-trained enough, the goal for the What the Herp? app will be for it to distribute accurate identifications and information about reptiles and amphibians.

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The AI, named Fitch after the late, renowned herpetologist Henry S. Fitch, is part of a new platform called What the Herp?

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“You eventually arrive at a place where you understand that he was a man playing in the system and winning. He wasn’t the anti-hero, he was the herp,” he added.

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