noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Contraction of expressway. abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
2. 2
   A character in a work of fiction who is a stand-in for or knockoff of a character from an unrelated work or of a real person. slang

   "I like your novel but your protagonist is pretty clearly a Scooby-Doo expy."

Synonyms

All synonyms

expresswayexpressway

Example

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"I like your novel but your protagonist is pretty clearly a Scooby-Doo expy."

Etymology

From a clipping of exported character + -y. Coined by TV Tropes in 2006.

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