Kathy

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Kathy

proper noun Cathi · Cathie · Cathy · Kathi · Kathie

A diminutive of the female given names Katherine and Kathleen, also used as a formal given name. During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy […] At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-N

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Closest in meaning: katie, cathy, mrs, cathay, katti, commentary, katherine, catherine, kathryn, katharine, kathleen, cathie, cathi, cathryn, katy, kate

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@misc{kathy_2026,
  title = {Kathy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kathy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}