Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heepster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heep-ster
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fan of the English rock band Uriah Heep.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Dave White takes up the story: “The Heepsters on the Web are the Uriah Heep fans around the world, who use the internet to exchange messages and feelings about the wonderful and inspiring music of Uriah Heep. […]"
""We will try to cover 35 years," was Uriah Heep's promise to all Heepsters who turned up on a chilly Bangalore evening to listen to them live after a gap of 22 years."
"16-minute epic featuring a 22-piece orchestra, and a lengthy guitar solo by Mick Box that many Heepsters (a term used by fans of the band to refer to each other) consider his finest performance, […]"

Etymology

From Heep + -ster, possibly as a play on hipster.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Heep

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

Heepsters (plural)

Questions

What does heepster mean?: A fan of the English rock band Uriah Heep.
Where does heepster come from?: From Heep + -ster, possibly as a play on hipster.

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