Clippy

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of clippie (“bus conductor”). British, alt-of, alternative, slang

    "2021, Roy "Chubby" Brown, George Proudman, Chubby Laid Bare […] but someone must have recognised me 'cos the police came round, saying that I'd attacked the clippy on the bus."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Clippit, an interactive virtual assistant, depicted as a paper clip with eyes and eyebrows, that appeared chiefly in Microsoft Office software in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Synonyms

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shearling

Example

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"2021, Roy "Chubby" Brown, George Proudman, Chubby Laid Bare […] but someone must have recognised me 'cos the police came round, saying that I'd attacked the clippy on the bus."

Etymology

From Clippit + -y (suffix forming familiar names, pet names, nicknames and terms of endearment).

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