My grandfather always used to say: "You bet your bippy." What is a bippy?

No on is really sure. This phrase came from a comedy show called "Rowan and Martin's laugh-in" that aired from January 1968 to May 1973. "You bet your bippy" was used a lot and the joke was that no one was ever sure what a bibby was. Other phrases came fromthe show as well that were equally meaningless untill defined by society. "Sock-it-to-me" was another one of the favorites.

ME AND MY X-WIFE USE TO WATCH "ROWAN AND MARTIN'S LIFE-IN", SHE WROTE IN AND ASKED WHAT A BIPPY WAS AN THEY SENT HER BACK A PICTURE OF A HARRY BELLY BUTTON.
BILL

Bippy is
"Ass" like You bet your ass!

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This dates before Rowan and Martin. I started to college in 1955, and that's when I first encountered "You bet your sweet bippy!"

It doesn't mean a thing. It comes from Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-in", a popular comedy show in the 60s. They always used to say "You bet your sweet bippy it is." It's like "ou bet your life it is".

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This phrase came from a popular joke from the 60's comedy team Rowan and Martin. They had a hit variety show called "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in", and the phrase was used as a comeback quip in lots of dialog.

Nobody ever defined what a "bippy" was, it just sounded vaguely dirty...

Saying "you bet your sweet bippy i can" is a jocular euphemism or humorous but less offensive way of saying "you bet your sweet ass i can."

It is probably a euphemism for 'arse' or 'ass' (i.e. an polite version of "you bet you arse").

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Butt, Ass, Booty, a Mid-Western term.
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BIPPY - A jocular euphemism for ass, as in "bet your (sweet) bippy) by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, an NBC-TV comedy series, 1968-1973. From "Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, A-G" by J.E. Lighter, Random House, New York, 1994.
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adjective: pertaining to the song "MMMBop".
"Hm! How... 'bippy.'"
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SWEET ASS!!!

It must have been some kind of bird.
;-)

The Maltese Bippy
("In between seasons of Laugh In, Rowan and Martin made a film called The Maltese Bippy in 1969. Here is an excerpt.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5cBlyzvBIA

someone reported that no-one knew what a "bippy" is. This is incorrect! it was defined once [at least] on Laugh In as: "a cup-less/strap-less/seam-less/fabric-less/stitch-less/elastic-less/etc.-less BRA. - in other words - going without one - which was common enough in thosse days. Why this particular article should be bet - that is a greater mystery!!