different between slippy vs blippy

English

From slip +? -y. Compare Old English slipi? (“slippy, slimy, viscid”).

slippy (comparative slippier, superlative slippiest)

(slightly informal) Slippery.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
  It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.
(dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5
  Well, come on then, let's look slippy.

blip +? -y

blippy (comparative blippier, superlative blippiest)

Characterized by blips (short sounds of a single pitch).
- 2007, SPIN (volume 23, number 1, page 20)
  This mad electro-pop/dance-rock whatsit from Sweden brings to mind Stereolab at their blippiest and Black Grape at their loopiest — and manages to sell lots of cars and soft drinks in the process.

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