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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 as well as a common pronunciation of EAP. EEP stands for:
- Early Entrance Program (CSU)
- Equivalence principle - also known as the "Einstein Equivalence Principle"
- 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 Jim Reekes (who was on the Mac OS sound development team at the time), to the best of his knowledge:
"When System 7 was being created, I collected new sounds. Some of them I made, and some of them I took from a contest. (Chris "CK" Haun, in charge of Apple's Developer group), submitted one which I think was Wild Eep. It was voted one of the keepers, and we gave him a CD ROM drive.
From what I can recall, he told me it wasn't actually submitted by him but by someone else. So he came to me one day telling me it was actually used for some game and was recorded by his wife imitating a monkey. We named it Wild Eep in the meeting when we voted on keeping it.
That's the best I can recall, as this was over ten years ago."
Pop Culture
- Jetsons (TV cartoon) - "Eep, opp, ork, ah-ah" song (see Jetsons page for more info)
- Escape from Monkey Island (computer game) - 1 of 4 basic monkey-words: "eep", "oop", "ack", and "chee"
External Links
Acronyms
- The Free Dictionary - Acronyms - more EEP acronyms (14)