PEP, PEPPY
ADJECTIVES
1887 — FULL OF PRUNES energetic; peppy → US sl.
1927 — RED-HOT lively, peppy, pleasing → Amer. sl.
1942 — HEPPY-PEPPY full of pep → US sl. (Bk.)
1961 — FULL OF GINGER peppy → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1918 — ZING energy, vigour, vitality, pep, vim → sl., orig. US
1953 — BING-BANG zest; energy; pep → US sl.
1966 — GO-GET-‘EM pep, energy → Amer. dial.
2006 — BOUNCE pep, energy → US sl. (Bk.)
Lexicophilia 