addy

noun

ad·​dy ˈa-dē 

plural addys or addies

informal

: address

an e-mail addy

IP addies

A Web site (and you voyeurs out there ain't gonna get the addy out of me) has pictures that purport to show James fils and James pere at the soiree.

—Chuck Yarborough, Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), 5 Jan. 2007

Word History

Etymology

add(ress) + -y entry 4

First Known Use

1997, in the meaning defined above

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