lindy

plural lindys · plural lindies

1. A jitterbug, originated in Harlem, New York.

present singular third person lindies · participle present lindying · participle past lindied · past lindied

1. intransitiveTo perform this dance.

comparative more lindy · comparative lindier · superlative most lindy · superlative lindiest

1. alternativeAlternative form of Lindy (“long-lasting; having a proven track record and thus predicted by the Lindy effect to remain relevant far into the future”)

1. A diminutive of the female given names Linda, Lindsay, and Linnet.

   Lindy herself hated the name Lindy. She said it sounded like a girl in pink gingham. At the beginning of this school year she'd started making all the teachers address her by her full name, Linnet.

   2004, Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage, →ISBN, page 105

2. A unisex given name.
3. colloquialNickname of US aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974).

   It seems a fair enough deduction, since it is known that Corrigan was working at the Ryan Airplane factory while Lindy's plane, "Spirit of St. Louis," was being built there and he was one of those who helped put together that famous craft.

   1938 October, “Poor Boy Still Makes Good”, in Popular Mechanics, page 149

plural Lindys

1. A certain dance step.
2. A musical composition suitable for such a dance.

   "These damned Lindys!" bubbled Janice. "Don't they play anything for old married folks?"

   2002, Herman Wouk, War and Remembrance, page 234

3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Lindy Hop

   The Lindy Hop picked up where the Charleston left off, with the first swing-outs, breakaways and "shine steps" added to a basic off-beat two-step. In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society.

   1943 August 23, LIFE

comparative more Lindy · comparative Lindier · superlative most Lindy · superlative Lindiest

1. neologismLong-lasting; having a proven track record and thus predicted by the Lindy effect to remain relevant far into the future.

   heroin chic is back and lindier than ever

   2024 December 20, @sadbittergirl, X (post), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026

   5 more examples

   I will never stop programming in C, the lindiest language

   2021 May 28, @luke_metro, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026

   Breakfast: not Lindy, though coffee gets in under the wire.

   2021 June 17, Ezra Marcus, “What is the Lindy Effect?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026

   Very likely the youngest lindy invention, even if unsliced bread is lindier

   2023 July 23, resistonaut, “nice things that were invented quite recently”, in r/redscarepod (Reddit post), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026

   thinking of the previously ubiquitous aspects of 2010s life that it's becoming increasingly clear are not lindy and have been locked off and left behind: premium burgers, new media, tough mudder, raising awareness about mental health, macklemore, selfie sticks etc. any others?

   2023 August 5, @tristandross, X (post), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026

   Bull-leaping is one of the Lindiest Indo-European sports of all. Here's maybe the earliest depiction on a Hittite vase from 1650 BC, and a depiction from the great palace at Knossos, Crete.

   2026 July 12, @Babygravy9, X (post), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026