eddress

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noun

An electronic address; in particular, an e-mail address.

First used late 1990s–early 2000sScrabble 9

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noun

alternative e-ddress · alternative e-dress

  1. 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' Slang
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    They've been dropping electronic tracts on anyone they can get an eddress for.

    2000, Ian Douglas, Europa Strike

    The 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 Broadband

    The Wine Dark Sea by Alex Epstein [my address] [my phone number] [my eddress]

    2002, Alex Epstein, Crafty Screenwriting

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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