Meanings
andy1
plural andies
- slangliteratureandroid
1989, Ron Goulart (ghostwriting as William Shatner), TekWar These damn andies can pass for humans, as can most of the more expensive andies these days.
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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?Synonyms: replicant
Andy2
alternative Andi · alternative Andie · alternative Endy
- A diminutive of the male given name Andrew, from Ancient Greek.
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 News2 more examples
"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 Kacinzk for seeing more in me than I saw in myself at the time. Of course, from time to time, Irina has called me "Andy." In her most affectionate moments, when she feels comfortable in my love, she even calles me "dear"―"darling."
2015, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack of Spades, Head of Zeus, →ISBN, page 104Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).
2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025 - A surname.
Andy3
alternative Andi · alternative Andie · alternative Endy
- A diminutive of the female given name Andrea, from Ancient Greek.
Andy4
plural Andys · plural Andies · alternative Andi · alternative Andie · alternative Endy
- InternetA streamer on live streaming service Twitch.
trump is now a react andy like myself
2020 October 26, Hasan Piker, Twitter2 more examples
dream stans pulling out the "he has adhd" card to hasan fucking piker the biggest adhd andy on twitch it's so funny
2021 June 4, anaxchu, TwitterWhy is this video going viral? 500k views almost on my Twitch channel 😂It's not even funny Oh hello LSF andy's 👋
2022 October 3, shylilytwitch, Twitter - A person of any particular kind.
VS Code Andy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounandroid
Origin
andy · noun
From android + -y, coined by Philip K. Dick in his 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
Full word history & related roots →Andy · noun
Originates from the live streams of IRL streamer Ice Poseidon on the live streaming service Twitch in early 2017; comedian and actor Andy Milonakis frequently appeared on Ice Poseidon's streams before being supplemented by one Andy Martin, who was given the byname "Mexican Andy" to distinguish him from Milonakis—himself dubbed "Sitting Andy" in June. Subsequently, Ice Poseidon and his audience began referring to people who appeared on his streams by the name Andy and the term spread to other channels on Twitch by late 2017 as a generic name for any Twitch streamer.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Анди
- Анди (Andi)pet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned
Chinese Mandarin 安迪
- 安迪 (Āndí)pet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned
Czech Ondra
- Ondrapet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned
Dutch Andy
- Andypet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned
Finnish Ana
- Anapet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned
French Andy
- Andypet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned
German Andi
- Andipet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned
Hungarian Andris, Bandi
- Andrispet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned
- Bandipet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned
Spanish Andy
- Andypet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with andy
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
andy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/andy
“andy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/andy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “andy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/andy.
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