Word
peeps
US/ˈpips/
UK/pˈiːps/
Definition
n. a casual way to talk about your friends or the people you are with. It is a short version of the word 'people'.
n. a colloquial shortening of 'people', used to refer to one's friends, social circle, or a specific group of individuals.
Examples
“I'm going to the movies with my peeps tonight.”
“She invited all her peeps over for a backyard barbecue to celebrate the end of the semester.”
Examples
simple
“I'm going to the movies with my peeps tonight.”
contextual
“She invited all her peeps over for a backyard barbecue to celebrate the end of the semester.”
Usage
Plural-only noun; takes plural verb agreement and is almost exclusively used in highly informal or social media contexts.
Pitfall
He is a good peeps.
He is one of my peeps.
Peeps is a plural-only noun and cannot be used to refer to a single person as an individual count noun.
Etymology
peep
Clipping of people with simplified spelling + -s to emphasize the plurality of the word.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scan code
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