Meanings
plural react Andys · plural react Andies · alternative react Anderson · alternative reacting Andy
- InternetderogatorysometimesA streamer who publishes videos in which they react to other people's content.
He pulls in 30k viewers to watch him be a react andy, they are there for him not the game.
2019 October 20, colboiii, Twitter2 more examples
Usually, streamers who reacts to others content might be called a React Andy, or the more refined React Anderson. You might also hear of someone being an 8K Andy or another number meaning the number of viewers they average.
2022 August 26, Ari Phoenix, “Twitch Slang, Emotes, and Streaming Terms Dictionary”, in Creatoko, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2023XQc was browsing TikToks and reacting to them, as he often does during his "React Andy" segments of his streams, when he suddenly found himself being posed a very interesting and quite personal question from a new video.
2023 January 12, Scott Duwe, “XQc loses all composure after Twitch chat roasts him for 'accidentally' liking spicy TikTok”, in Dot Esports, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2023
Origin
From react + Andy (“slang for a Twitch streamer”), originating from live streaming service Twitch in late 2018.
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react Andy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/react%20Andy
“react Andy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/react%20Andy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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