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The Great Ebola Hoax Part II; The Hype, The Hypno & The Hypo

The Hypno, The Hype and the Hypo

hypno- Look up hypno- at Dictionary.comword-forming element meaning “sleep,” from Greek hypno-, comb. form of hypnos “sleep” (see somnolence).

hype (n.) Look up hype at Dictionary.com“excessive or misleading publicity or advertising,” 1967, American English (the verb is attested from 1937), probably in part a back-formation of hyperbole, but also from underworld slang sense “swindle by overcharging or short-changing” (1926), a back-formation of hyper “short-change con man” (1914), from prefix hyper- meaning “over, to excess.” Also possibly influenced by drug addicts’ slang hype, 1913 shortening of hypodermic needle. Related: Hyped; hyping. In early 18c., hyp “morbid depression of the spirits” was colloquial for hypochondria (usually as the hyp or the hyps).

hypo- Look up hypo- at Dictionary.comword-forming element meaning “under, beneath” (in chemistry, indicating a lesser oxidation), from hypo-, comb. form of Greek hypo (prep. and adverb) “under,” from PIE *upo- “under, up from under, over” (see sub-).

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