luvvy
/ˈlʌvi/
luvvy noun: an affectionate term of address.
Noun
luvvy (plural luvvies)
- An affectionate term of address.
- Don't cry luvvy, everything will be OK.
- An actor or actress, especially a narcissistic and pretentious one.
- The other reason, of course, is that the council are New Labour; a bunch of up-themselves show-offs who'd rather hang about with luvvies than deal with the problems of real people. That's why Princess Toni has spent and is spending obscene billions of public money on the dome, while the railways...2002 January 19, Julie Burchill, “Falling flat on their arts”, in The Guardian
- […] a hat-trick that he [Jonathan Glazer] describes as “genuinely bewildering”. It's the kind of thing that garlanded luvvies say all the time, but it's easier to believe in this case.2024 February 24, Raphael Abraham, “I’m suspicious of people making Holocaust films”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
Forms of luvvy
| plural | luvvies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | lovey |
| alternative form | lovie |
| alternative form | luvvie |
Origin of luvvy
From a phonetic spelling of love + -y; in the second sense, because this (as a term for darling or sweetheart) is perceived as a common utterance of thespians.
Words formed from luvvy
Words that rhyme with luvvy
Questions about luvvy
- What does luvvy mean?
- Luvvy means an affectionate term of address.
- What part of speech is luvvy?
- Luvvy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce luvvy?
- Luvvy is pronounced /ˈlʌvi/.
- What is the plural of luvvy?
- The plural of luvvy is luvvies.
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