Meanings
alternative e-ddress · alternative e-dress
- datedAn electronic address; in particular, an e-mail address.First known use late 1990s–early 2000s
In college I use my eddress more then [sic] my regular address.
2004, Xin-An Lu, editor, Concise Collection of College Students' Slang3 more examples
They've been dropping electronic tracts on anyone they can get an eddress for.
2000, Ian Douglas, Europa StrikeThe extraordinary growth of the global Internet makes it essential to have more addresses (or “eddresses”) available to accommodate everyone who will be on the Internet in just a few years. IPv4 allowed for 4 billion eddresses—but there are 6 billion people, and many more computers, appliances, vehicles, and other devices that will soon be assigned IP eddresses as well!
2001, Joan Van Tassel, Digital TV Over BroadbandThe Wine Dark Sea by Alex Epstein [my address] [my phone number] [my eddress]
2002, Alex Epstein, Crafty Screenwriting
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eddress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eddress
“eddress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eddress. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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