Issue 63 (2013-2014)

Issue 63 (November 25, 2013)

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Hyphy Movement

By: Matt Cappetta (Dungeon Master)

Main Entry: hyphy

Pronunciation: "HIGH-fee"

Function: adjective

Etymology: San Francisco Bay Area, shortened perhaps from English dialect "hyperactive"; other sources cite a combination of "hype" and "fly." Popularized by E-40 and the Federation's song "Hyphy" (2004); first known use on a song by Keak Da Sneak in 1998 ("Cool," from his LP Sneakacidle).

1: dangerous and irrational: CRAZY

2: amusingly eccentric; without inhibition: GOOFY

"They were getting hyphy up in the club Saturday night."

            The seeds of revolution have been planted at The Bishop’s School by the 2014 Dungeon Turn Up Squad. The school spirit Hyphy Movement has been started at The Bish and we will not stop turning up and getting so “amusingly eccentric” until my dreams and aspirations as Dungeon Grand Master have been satisfied. The fall sports season has come to a close and it’s time to reflect on everything we’ve been doing and assess our goals and ambitions for the rest of the year. The first season has given us a taste of the rowdy potential this school holds. We came up with a strong finish as the Dungeon Squad easily out-cheered the pump up student sections of LJ, Cathedral, and Santa Fe Christian. Hyphy Saturday this last weekend was an epic warm up for the winter season and the rest of the year to come. Not only did we field the first cross country fans in recorded history, but we also stormed the court with a moderately sized hype army when the vball squad took home the gold and simultaneously packed a mega tight squad cross town at wopo turning up doubly loud. Now that Hyphy Sat and all of fall sports have come to a close, it’s time to take what we have done so far and grow and expand it into something beyond life. This Hyphy Movement has been brewing in the minds of the Dungeon leaders for decades, but only now has the time come to make it public and go viral. Prepare yourselves for a revolution only matched by Benito Mussolini’s march on Rome. This movement will break down all standard conventions of school spirit held at BI. Everyone reading this is invited to join the movement and you better get on it now while its still young because this is gonna be huge. This revolution will redefine the concept of Hype.