Etymology

sticky-note

Today it means: A small sheet of paper from a padded stack, with each sheet of the pad consisting of a strip of nonpermanent adhesive on the reverse. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

* A modern (post-1962) formation from sticky + note.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.