where does the phrase nippy come from?

Answer 1

When cold air hits your face or other exposed skin it can feel as if it is biting or nipping at you.
Nipply on the other hand is something quite different. :)

Answer 2

A nippy (plural nippies) was a specific type of waitress associated with the J. Lyons & Co brand of tea, and its tea shops and cafes in the UK. Beginning in the late Nineteenth Century, a J. Lyons waitress was called a "Gladys". As of 1926, however, the term "Nippy" came into use, inspired by the quick, niplike motions involved with making and serving tea in a crowded restaurant setting. Thus, the etymology of the word is similar to the more general term "soda jerk". Nippies wore a distinctive maidlike uniform with a matching hat

Answer 3

An early cold spell would effectively cut off the new growth of plants, thus "nipping them in the bud". Thus the term "nippy."

Answer 4

u can always tell when it starts getting cold as all the women go around like sign posts pointing, this is because their nipples are errect due to the lower temperature, hence the phrase nippy!

Answer 5

It could be scottish I think. Nippy being a desciption of cold weather and the fact that they would take a nip of whiskey to warm up.

There were also waiters or waitresses that worked in Lyons cafes that were named this and it is also termed as quick.

Answer 6

Means cold... Came from the port of Liverpool in England.. All kind of dialects of english in england...Origingally intended to mean the cold made ones nipples erect...Nipply...... over time with the dialect it is now Nippy

Answer 7

YEAH!!! Its Nippy because your nipples stick out

Answer 8

Its to do with Jack Frost nipping your ear

Answer 9

When your cold your nipples harden... ego when its cold outside its 'nippy'

lol, total guess, but its as good as any.