expy
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expy¹
noun expys
- Contraction of expressway
expy²
Where it comes from
From a clipping of exported character + -y. Coined by TV Tropes in 2006.
noun expys · expies
- A character in a work of fiction who is a stand-in for or knockoff of a character from an unrelated work or of a real person. I like your novel but your protagonist is pretty clearly a Scooby-Doo expy.
Talk about this word "expy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/expy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. expy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/expy "expy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/expy.
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@misc{expy_2026,
title = {expy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/expy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
