hypeman

From hype +‎ man.

hypeman (plural hypemen)

1. Alternative spelling of hype man.
   • 2007 January 15, Virginia Heffernan, “He-Men Strut Stuff to Romance New York”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     What’s engrossing about “I Love New York” is exactly what was engrossing about “Flavor of Love,” the show’s progenitor, which starred Flavor Flav, a reality show veteran and onetime rap hypeman.

• nymphae, nymphæ

Learned borrowing from English hypeman.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaj.pmɛn/
• Rhymes: -ajpmɛn
• Syllabification: hype‧man

hypeman m pers

1. (hip-hop slang) hype man (hip-hop performer responsible for backup rapping and singing and increasing an audience’s excitement with call-and-response chants)

• Piotr Fliciński, Stanisław Wójtowicz, editors (2007), “71”, in Hip-Hop Słownik, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN