clippy

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proper noun

Clippit, an interactive virtual assistant, depicted as a paper clip with eyes and eyebrows, that appeared chiefly in Microsoft Office software in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Meanings

clippy1

nounclippy (plural clippies)

plural clippies

  1. UKalternativeslangAlternative form of clippie (“bus conductor”).

    2021, Roy "Chubby" Brown, George Proudman, Chubby Laid Bare […] but someone must have recognised me 'cos the police came round, saying that I'd attacked the clippy on the bus.

Clippy2

proper noun
  1. computingClippit, an interactive virtual assistant, depicted as a paper clip with eyes and eyebrows, that appeared chiefly in Microsoft Office software in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Origin

From Clippit + -y (suffix forming familiar names, pet names, nicknames and terms of endearment).

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APA

clippy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clippy

MLA

“clippy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clippy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clippy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clippy.

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