andy

Noun (1)

andy (plural andies)

1. (slang) android
   • 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.1968, Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
   • These damn andies can pass for humans, as can most of the more expensive andies these days.1989, Ron Goulart (ghostwriting as William Shatner), TekWar

   Synonyms:

   replicant

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Andy

IPA/ˈæn.di/

Andy

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...2015, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack of Spades, Head of Zeus, →ISBN, page 104
   • But Andy and Ben, they are lovers, not fighters … and they are going the battered sav.2016 September 11, Emily Power, “Main bathroom reveals on The Block: hold on for the bathroom without a toot”, in Domain News
2. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Andy

IPA/ˈæn.di/

Andy

1. A diminutive of the female given name Andrea, from Ancient Greek.

Noun (2) capitalized: Andy

IPA/ˈæn.di/

Andy (plural Andys or Andies)

1. (Internet) A streamer on live streaming service Twitch.
   • trump is now a react andy like myself2020 October 26, Hasan Piker, Twitter
   • dream stans pulling out the "he has adhd" card to hasan fucking piker the biggest adhd andy on twitch it's so funny2021 June 4, anaxchu, Twitter
2. A person of any particular kind.
   • VS Code Andy