hypey

hypey

English

Etymology

hype +‎ -y

Adjective

hypey (comparative hypier, superlative hypiest)

1. (informal) Having significant hype; heavily promoted or highly anticipated.
   • 2001, Jake Tapper, Down & Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     As able as Boies is, Miller's hyperbole strains credibility. But he's only slightly less hypey than the rest of the media is being with news of Boies's arrival.

   • 2007 September 21, Ubaldi, Nina, “Lose the hype and formals can be fun”, in The Sydney Morning Herald‎:

     The formal is about 95 per cent hype and hysteria, and about 5 per cent actual formal, and the pre-formal gathering of parents and kids is about as hypey and hysterical as it gets.

   • 2007, Michael Pollan, Second Nature: A Gardener's Education, Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, →ISBN, page 208:

     "New and improved" is a term of opprobrium in White Flower's catalog, a sarcastic jibe at the garden world's racier, hypier outfits.

   • 2010, Rick Clark, Mixing, Recording, and Producing Techniques of the Pros: Insights on Recording Audio for Music, Film, TV, and Games, 2nd ed, Cengage Learning, →ISBN:

     With R.E.M., we generally used SonyMDRV6 headphones for Automatic for the People, and they liked them quite a bit because they are a lot hypier.