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meaning an unimportant and presumptuous person, it is of obscure origin but known since the beginnings of the 1700's. Also called a Whipster
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∙ 13y agoEngland. The English word whippersnapper appeared in 1674, apparently as a "jingling extension" (according to the OED) of *whip-snapper, meaning "a cracker of whips".
It is also possibly an alteration of snipper-snapper(circa 1590).
Also a possible derivative of the late 16th century whipperginnie, a term of abuse for a woman.
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∙ 16y agoI am sure George "Gabby" Hayes, a perennial "sidekick" actors to the likes of Roy Rogers and John Wayne in the 1930's coined the phrase "Whipper Snapper."
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∙ 11y agomeaning an unimportant and presumptuous person, it is of obscure origin but known since the beginnings of the 1700's. Also called a Whipster
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