This, folks, is your new "Southern Word of The Day"
I had to go and look this one up. It twern't easy to find, but her ya'll go....
larruping adj Pronc-spp larapen, larepin, lar(ri)pin; for addit varr see quots
1 also tad-larruping; Esp of food: delicious, excellent; hence adv larruping extremelyusu in comb larruping good. [larrup v 1, by analogy with whopping, thumping; cf EDD larruping (2) (at larrup v. 1)] esp W Midl, TX, OK See Map Cf lamming adj
1905 DN 3.86 nwAR, Larrupin. . . Good. Ive got something larrupin for you. 1921 DN 5.113 CA, Larapen, laraping. . . Accent first syllable. . . very good; . . exceedingly. Of southern origin. Widely current in California. 1923 DN 5.213 swMO, Larrupin. . . Exceeding pleasant to taste. 1929 AmSp 4.330 TX, Larripin. . . seems to be complimentary in its nature as one hears of larripin good pie or soup. 1939 (1973) FWP Guide MT 414, Larrupin truckGreat stuff. 1939 FWP Guide TN 458 cwTN, They (sorghum is never referred to as it) are larrupin good truck for the table. 1942 Perry Texas 138, A tasty dish is larrupin, which could have come from the use of the same word meaning a beating, thus developing a connotation of superiority. 1943 (1970) Guthrie Bound for Glory 48 cOK, Anything you like real good an aint got fer a long time, an then you git it, thats larepin. 1949 PADS 11.23 CO, Larrupin. . . Extremely. Larrupin good food. 1959 VT Hist. 27.147, Larruping. . . Slang. Extremely. Occasional. 1960 Criswell Resp. to PADS 20 Ozarks, Larrupinexceedingly good to the taste; first rate, top-notch; plenty good. 196570 DARE (Qu. KK1a, . . Very goodfor example, food: That pie was _____.) Infs IL25, NE11, OK9, 27, 31, TN26, TX1, 81, Larruping; IL96, TN23, 31, TX35, Larruping good; MS1, Aint that tad-larruping; NM9, Larrupin dopecowboy used to say; TN36, Larruping good truck; (Qu. DD15, A person who is thoroughly drunk) Inf LA14, Larruping drunk; (Qu. LL35, Words used to make a statement stronger: This cake tastes _____good.) Infs IL135, LA28, MO7, OK25, TN31, TX98, Larrupin(g). 1975 Gainer Witches 13 sAppalachians, Larpin. . . very, exceedingly. This pie is larpin good. 1976 Harpers Weekly 26 Jan 19 cKS, If the pecan pie at the family reunion was delicious, people . . proclaimed, This pie is absolutely larapin. 1986 Pederson LAGS Concordance , 1 inf, nwLA, Larrupingreally good; 1 inf, cwFL, Larruping good.
2 By ext: see quot. Cf larrup n 2
c1968 DARE FW Addit swOK, Larruping [ˈlærpn]Too sweet to be good eating; cloying.