What does "andy" mean?
A streamer on live streaming service Twitch.
Andy
/ˈæn.di/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A streamer on live streaming service Twitch.
- Grammar: andy is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: andrew, informal given name, name, nickname.
- Useful contrasts: anonymous person, formal name, long form.
- Usage evidence: I was looking for Andy. Do you know where he is?
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A streamer on live streaming service Twitch. Internet
"trump is now a react andy like myself"
- 2 android slang
"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."
- 3 A person of any particular kind.
"VS Code Andy"
Proper Noun
- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Andrew, from Ancient Greek.
""Irina? Call me 'Andy,' please." "I think that I would rather call you 'Andrew'." This was flattering, somehow. For everyone I knew called me "Andy"―a name comfortable as an old sneaker. There was dignity in "Andrew," and a kind of depth, complexity. Perhaps I began to fall in love with Irina Kacinzk for seeing more in me than I saw in myself at the time. Of course, from time to time, Irina has called me "Andy." In her most affectionate moments, when she feels comfortable in my love, she even calles me "dear"―"darling.""
- 2 A diminutive of the female given name Andrea, from Ancient Greek.
- 3 A surname.
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
anonymous personformal namelong formunnamed individual
Example
"I was looking for Andy. Do you know where he is?"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "andy"?
Common synonyms include: andrew, informal given name, name, nickname, personal name, proper name.
How do you use "andy" in a sentence?
I was looking for Andy. Do you know where he is?
How do you pronounce "andy"?
Pronounced /ˈæn.di/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Clipping of Andrew + -y.
Etymology 2
Clipping of Andrea + -y.
Etymology 3
Originates from the live streams of IRL streamer Ice Poseidon on the live streaming service Twitch in early 2017; comedian and actor Andy Milonakis frequently appeared on Ice Poseidon's streams before being supplemented by one Andy Martin, who was given the byname "Mexican Andy" to distinguish him from Milonakis—himself dubbed "Sitting Andy" in June. Subsequently, Ice Poseidon and his audience began referring to people who appeared on his streams by the name Andy and the term spread to other channels on Twitch by late 2017 as a generic name for any Twitch streamer.
Etymology 4
From android + -y, coined by Philip K. Dick in his 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.