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hepcat

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hep·cat  (hpkt)
n. Slang
A performer or devotee of swing and jazz, especially during the 1940s.

hepcat [ˈhɛpˌkæt]
n
(Music) Obsolete slang a person who is hep, esp a player or admirer of jazz and swing in the 1940s


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Hugh Jackson, a widely read liberal blogger, called the Titus campaign “cookie cutter” and lamented Titus’ decision not to make an issue of “Porter the self-serving opportunist making an (expletive) out of himself as an embarrassing middle-aged hepcat wannabe in his ridiculous band,” referring to the congressman’s moonlighting career as a keyboardist in his garage act, “The Second Amendments.
Less hepcat living on the creative edge, more foghorn with an ever-ready hard-on.
I take a lot of saunas because it's good for the voice," says Benson, 65, in his hepcat southern drawl.
 
 
 
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