Portuguese language in Africa the various Portuguese creoles that have developed there. These creole languages co-exist with Portuguese and, in the countries where they are spoken, form a continuum with the lexifying language. In Cape Verde, refers to a variety of Cape Verdean Creole which takes on various features of Portuguese and is a result of processes of decreolization in the archipelago. In São Tome e Principe, Santomense Portuguese is a variety of Portuguese strongly influenced by Forro in syntax and vocabulary. Since the lexicons of those languages are derived from Portuguese, even creole-speakers who do not speak Portuguese have a passive knowledge of
Etymology of hippie actually connected to the hippie subculture). An example is its use by the South Park cartoon character, Eric Cartman. Etymology of hippie This article discusses the etymology of the word "hippie". According to lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower, the terms "hipster" and "hippie" derive from the word "hip" and the synonym "hep", whose origins are unknown. The words "hip" and "hep" first surfaced in slang around the beginning of the 20th century and spread quickly, making their first appearance in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1904. At the time, the words were used to mean "aware" and "in the know." In the