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Acronym
EEP is a three-letter acronym or initialism for:
- Early Entrance Program (CSU)
- Enbridge Energy Partners - companies traded on the NYSE
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
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