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English
Pronunciation
Noun
FIP (plural FIPs)
- (countable, Michigan, Northwest Indiana, derogatory) Acronym of fucking Illinois people; chiefly used by year-round inhabitants of tourist towns: a tourist to southwestern Michigan or northwestern Indiana lakeshore towns from the Chicago area; especially a wealthy such tourist.
1988, Hank De Zutter, Pamela Little De Zutter, “Invasion of the FIPs: boom time in southwestern Michigan”, in Chicago Reader:Some local teens have taken to calling the weekend tourists FIPs--short for "Fucking Illinois People." One can even buy a FIP T-shirt in, of all places, a New Buffalo clothing store owned by radio comedian Steve Dahl.
1992, Peter Kendall, “Michigan Residents Resist Letting Their Beach Towns Become Illinois”, in Chicago Tribune:"They're FIPs," he said. "They hold their noses up in the air."
- (uncountable, veterinary medicine) Acronym of feline infectious peritonitis.
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French
Proper noun
FIP ?
- Initialism of Fédération Internationale de Philatélie.
Indonesian
Noun
FIP
- (education) Initialism of fakultas ilmu pendidikan.