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Eep is different things and, as such, should not be limited/classified/restricted to a general/specific meaning.
Acronym
EEP is a three-letter acronym or initialism for:
- Early Entrance Program (CSU)
- Equivalence principle - also known as the "Einstein Equivalence Principle"
- Enbridge Energy Partners - companies traded on the NYSE
- Engineered & Environmental Products - "a distributor of highly engineered industrial products"
- European Education Partnership - "industry-education partnership helping policy-makers and educators achieve sustainable use of new technologies and digital media to benefit learning for all"
- European Endangered Species Programme
- European Environmental Press - "a Europe-wide association of sixteen environmental magazines"
- Executive Excellence Publishing - "a source of knowledge on personal and organizational leadership development"
- Extensible Authentication Protocol - pronunciation
Expression
"Eep!" as an expression (facial, emotional), interjection, or emotional reaction has made its way into pop culture, and is used to express fear/fright, shock, and/or surprise.
Sound
Eep is an onomatopoeia sound most commonly associated with the Apple Macintosh computer system alert sound "Wild Eep!" which was introduced with the System 7 Mac OS, but removed in OS 9. According to its creator, Jim Reekes , the sound is from a woman (the wife of a friend of his) and he believes it was also used in a game.
Pop Culture
- Jetsons (TV cartoon) - "Eep, opp, ork, ah-ah" song
- Escape from Monkey Island (computer game) - 1 of 4 basic monkey-words: "eep", "oop", "ack", and "chee"
- Man Your Spacesuits (drinking game) - a noise
- Road Runner (TV cartoon character) - similar to his "meep-meep" sound
See Also
- Albanian language - "shqip" pronunciation
- Star Control II computer game - Yehat Veep-Neep clan
External Links
Acronyms
- The Free Dictionary - Acronyms - more EEP acronyms (14)
- Acronym Attic - still more EEP acronyms (90 but some duplicates from last site)
Pop Culture
- History of the Meep: funny webpage that includes "eep"
- Urban Dictionary Eep entry
- Wild Eep Foundation - "strives for nothing less than the prevalence and platform independence of the Wild Eep"
- Wiki Cities Wild Eep article
- World of Awe - Music - Eep - odd "song" that describes the operation of Eep