pep up

[pep] Origin

pep

[pep] noun, verb, pepped, pep·ping. Informal.
noun
1.
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
2.
pep up, to make or become spirited, vigorous, or lively; animate: We need something to pep up this party.

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Pep up is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1840–50; short for pepper

pep·ful, adjective
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Word Origin & History

pep
"vigor, energy," 1912, shortened form of pepper, which was used in the figurative sense of "spirit, energy," from at least 1847. Peppy "full of pep," first recorded 1922. Pep rally is attested from 1945; pep talk from 1926.
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