pip emman.

Brit.

/pɪp ˈɛmə/, U.S.

/ˌpɪp ˈɛmə/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pip n.⁴, emma n.

Etymology: < pip n.⁴ + emma n. Compare ack emma n.

colloquial in later use.

Post meridiem, afternoon. Cf. p.m. n.¹Originally used in telephone communication and signalling.

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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > [noun]

evenOE

overnoonOE

midovernoona1325

afternoonc1330

mid-afternoona1400

undern1470

after-dinner1576

postmeridian1583

evening1587

post meridiem1647

none1656

noon1667

postnoon1686

aft1772

p.m.1776

after1906

pip emma1912

arvo1933

pee em1933

afty1966

1912 Blackwood's Mag. June 792 ‘Pip Emma’ is signalese for P.M.

1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand xix. 289 ‘Pip Emma’—as our friends the ‘buzzers’ call the afternoon.

1920 Isis 20 Oct. 9/2 You leave Carfax at ten o'clock and return from Frilford at five pip emma.

1926 E. Wallace Door with Seven Locks xiii. 125 Tell him I want to raid Gallows Cottage, Gallows Hill, at eleven-fifteen pip-emma.

1930 E. Raymond Jesting Army iii. ii. 292 The working parties parade under the trees at nine o'clock pip emma... At three o'clock ac emma they will return.

1969 P. G. Wodehouse Pelican at Blandings vi. 83 We shall meet at twelve pip emma.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xv. 350 The second hand was just sweeping up to 9:40 pip-emma.

1991 S. Fry Liar (1992) vii. 208 You may have to change that for the good old orange and yellow this pip emma.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Used originally in telephone communications and in the oral transliteration of code messages, hence colloquial, for m, as in ack emma, for a.m. (see ack n.); emma-emma-esses (see quot. 1919); emma-gee, for m.g. = machine gun; pip emma, for p.m. (see pip n.⁴); toc emma, for t.m. (see toc emma n.).

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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > call or message > terms used in

emma1891

ack1898

pip1898

toc1898

vic1913

1891 Man. Instructions Signalling 94 The reader may pronounce his letters in any distinctive method to distinguish those letters which resemble others in sound, e.g. B, V, D, E, or M, N, etc. may be called Beer, Vay, Do, E, and Emma and N, etc.

1898 Signalling Instr. (War Office) 86 The letters T, A, B, M,..will be called toc, ak [1904 Signalling Regs. ack], beer, emma.

1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand xix. 289 ‘Pip Emma’—as our friends the ‘buzzers’ call the afternoon.

1918 H. W. McBride Emma Gees i. 9 Emma Gee is signaler's lingo for M.G., meaning machine gunner.

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 Emma-emma-esses, smoke-oh. (From the signal alphabet, MMS, Men may smoke.)

1926 E. Wallace Door with Seven Locks xiii. 125 Tell him I want to raid Gallows Cottage, Gallows Hill, at eleven-fifteen pip-emma.

1931 Morning Post 20 Aug. 8/5 He was the only infantry officer..who had a good word for the Trench Mortar crowd. ‘Are you Toc Emmas? You're just the men I want.’

1969 P. G. Wodehouse Pelican at Blandings vi. 83 We shall meet at twelve pip emma.

单词	pip emma
释义	pip emman. Brit. /pɪp ˈɛmə/, U.S. /ˌpɪp ˈɛmə/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pip n.⁴, emma n. Etymology: < pip n.⁴ + emma n. Compare ack emma n. colloquial in later use. Post meridiem, afternoon. Cf. p.m. n.¹Originally used in telephone communication and signalling. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > [noun] evenOE overnoonOE midovernoona1325 afternoonc1330 mid-afternoona1400 undern1470 after-dinner1576 postmeridian1583 evening1587 post meridiem1647 none1656 noon1667 postnoon1686 aft1772 p.m.1776 after1906 pip emma1912 arvo1933 pee em1933 afty1966 1912 Blackwood's Mag. June 792 ‘Pip Emma’ is signalese for P.M. 1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand xix. 289 ‘Pip Emma’—as our friends the ‘buzzers’ call the afternoon. 1920 Isis 20 Oct. 9/2 You leave Carfax at ten o'clock and return from Frilford at five pip emma. 1926 E. Wallace Door with Seven Locks xiii. 125 Tell him I want to raid Gallows Cottage, Gallows Hill, at eleven-fifteen pip-emma. 1930 E. Raymond Jesting Army iii. ii. 292 The working parties parade under the trees at nine o'clock pip emma... At three o'clock ac emma they will return. 1969 P. G. Wodehouse Pelican at Blandings vi. 83 We shall meet at twelve pip emma. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xv. 350 The second hand was just sweeping up to 9:40 pip-emma. 1991 S. Fry Liar (1992) vii. 208 You may have to change that for the good old orange and yellow this pip emma. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas pip emma Used originally in telephone communications and in the oral transliteration of code messages, hence colloquial, for m, as in ack emma, for a.m. (see ack n.); emma-emma-esses (see quot. 1919); emma-gee, for m.g. = machine gun; pip emma, for p.m. (see pip n.⁴); toc emma, for t.m. (see toc emma n.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > call or message > terms used in emma1891 ack1898 pip1898 toc1898 vic1913 1891 Man. Instructions Signalling 94 The reader may pronounce his letters in any distinctive method to distinguish those letters which resemble others in sound, e.g. B, V, D, E, or M, N, etc. may be called Beer, Vay, Do, E, and Emma and N, etc. 1898 Signalling Instr. (War Office) 86 The letters T, A, B, M,..will be called toc, ak [1904 Signalling Regs. ack], beer, emma. 1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand xix. 289 ‘Pip Emma’—as our friends the ‘buzzers’ call the afternoon. 1918 H. W. McBride Emma Gees i. 9 Emma Gee is signaler's lingo for M.G., meaning machine gunner. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 Emma-emma-esses, smoke-oh. (From the signal alphabet, MMS, Men may smoke.) 1926 E. Wallace Door with Seven Locks xiii. 125 Tell him I want to raid Gallows Cottage, Gallows Hill, at eleven-fifteen pip-emma. 1931 Morning Post 20 Aug. 8/5 He was the only infantry officer..who had a good word for the Trench Mortar crowd. ‘Are you Toc Emmas? You're just the men I want.’ 1969 P. G. Wodehouse Pelican at Blandings vi. 83 We shall meet at twelve pip emma. extracted from emman. < n.1912 as lemmas
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