andy

See also: Andy

English

Etymology

From android +‎ -y, coined by Philip K. Dick in his 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈændi/
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  • Rhymes: -ændi

Noun

andy (plural andies)

  1. (science fiction, slang) android
    • 1968, Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?:
      Well, no intelligence test would trap such an andy. But then, intelligence tests hadn't trapped an andy in years, not since the primordial, crude varieties of the '70s.
    • 1989, Ron Goulart (ghostwriting as William Shatner), TekWar
      These damn andies can pass for humans, as can most of the more expensive andies these days.

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