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yep

  [yep] ,
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–adverb, noun Informal.
yes.
Origin:
1830–40; see yup
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yup

  [yuhp]
–adverb, noun Informal.
yes.
Also, yep.

Origin:
form of yeah as an isolated or emphatic utterance, with p repr. closing of the lips, creating, in effect, an unreleased labial stop (and perh. also lowering the vowel); cf. the parallel use of p in nope
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yep   (yěp)   
adv.   Informal
Yes.

[Alteration of yes.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
yup [jəp] and [jɛp]

and yep
  1. interj.
    yes. (Colloquial.) : Yup, I'd say so.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

yep 
1891, variant of yes, altered for emphasis, or possibly infl. by nope.

yup 
1906, variant of yes.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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