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    hat tip
    [hat tip]
    noun
    hat tip (noun) · hat tips (plural noun)
    1. (in online contexts) used as an acknowledgement that someone has brought a piece of information to the writer's attention, or provided the inspiration for a piece of writing:
      "hat tip to Chris Johnson, who alerted me to the story"
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    late 19th century (originally denoting an act of raising one's hat as a polite greeting or salutation): from the phrase tip one's hat.
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    Hat tip - Wikipedia

    A hat tip (abbreviation: h/t), also referred to as tip of the cap, is an act of tipping or (especially in British English) doffing one's hat as a cultural expression of recognition, respect, gratitude or simple salutation and acknowledgement between two persons. See more

    In Western societies of the 19th and early 20th centuries, a hat tip was a common non-verbal greeting between friends or acquaintances while walking or meeting at a social gathering. Typically, two men (female hat tipping … See more

    In 1929, syndicated cartoonist Jimmy Hatlo started thanking readers who suggested a funny idea for a strip with the phrase "Thanx and a tip of the Hatlo hat to [name]" at the bottom of his comic strip panel They'll Do It Every Time. He continued drawing … See more

    • Emily Post, Etiquette (1937)
    • J. Willeblood, The Polite World (1973) See more

     
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