vibe English · revision 15128

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=1940}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /vaɪb/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a clipping, first of [[vibraphone]], and later of [[vibration]] in its 1960s slang sense of an instinctive feeling.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ As vibes, a vibraphone: 1940.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A feeling or atmosphere, usually as vibes, is from 1967.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) A vibraphone player has been a vibist since 1955.^(OED 1989) Collins records a slang verb, to have a pleasant or congenial experience.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1940 – vibes, a vibraphone.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1955 – vibist.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1967 – vibes, a feeling.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(informal)'' A feeling, atmosphere or emotional quality, often in the plural: ''a 1970s vibe''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''vibes'' ''(colloquial)'': a [[vibraphone]].^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(slang)'' To have a pleasant, congenial experience.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vibist]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vibration]]

+ * [[vibrate]]

+ * [[vibraphone]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}