Meanings
plural Jekkies
- slanglifestyleA fan of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.
They helped give their audience exactly what they wanted by offering special ticket discounting especially for their "Jekkies", as well as backstage visits with the stars, and more.
2004, Steven Rivellino, Bright Lights, Big Changes, page 602 more examples
The show already has a built-in constituency of some 300 “Jekkies,” who trailed Wildhorn's other musical, Jekyll & Hyde, as it wound its way through the country before opening here last May.
1997 September 8, Rebecca Mead, “Theater Preview”, in New York Magazine, page 72So says -- nay, exclaims -- Pat Tortorella, an assistant bank manager from Staten Island who counts herself among the Jekkies, a fervent subculture of people from all over the country who are so enthralled by the Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde that they see it again and again.
1997 December 14, “Jekyll Vibes”, in The New York Times
Origin
Jek(yll) + -ie, possibly by analogy with Trekkie.
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