hyp moment
- noun
- Slang
:
momento emocionante
- We all agreed that scoring the winning goal was the hyp moment of the game.
Examples
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The crowd went wild during the hyp moment of the show when the headliner appeared.
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Everyone pulled out their phones to capture the hyp moment as the fireworks lit up the sky.
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What a hyp moment!
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That was a hyp moment!
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The crowd went wild during the hyp moment of the show when the headliner appeared.
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Everyone pulled out their phones to capture the hyp moment as the fireworks lit up the sky.
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We all agreed that scoring the winning goal was the hyp moment of the game.
Synonyms
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4.3
Exaggerated, flashy advertising that makes something seem better than it is
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A short time when people feel strong emotion and say or do things without thinking
How Exciting
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- Slang
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Surface Forms
Morphology
hyp + moment
The first constituent 'hyp' is not a standard English word (marked '[Word not found]') and appears to be a slang/clipped form (possibly of 'hype'), so a B1 learner who only knows standard constituent meanings would not reliably derive the intended sense. Because one constituent is nonstandard/unknown and the overall meaning relies on slang knowledge or reformulation, the expression is not predictably compositional for learners.
Etymology
The phrase hyp moment comes from hyp as a short form of the word 'hype', meaning a build-up of excitement. Think of blowing up a balloon until it pops — that pop is the highest excitement, so hyp moment now means 'a very exciting peak'.