Expy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Expy is a noun meaning Contraction of expressway.
Meaning
Contraction of expressway.
More Meanings
- (fandom slang) 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.
Example Sentences
I like your novel but your protagonist is pretty clearly a Scooby-Doo expy.
The monsters vary from completely original creations to bizarre expies of famous characters and people, […]
[…] Thimbleweed Park is an obvious X Files parody with direct expies of Mulder and Scully as protagonists, so a 1990s setting is the natural choice […]
The demon-run Raptor News Network clearly parodies that of the American conservative Fox News Network in both rhetoric and appearance, with its anchorman Bob Barbas being a thinly veiled expy of Bill O’Reilly.
Word Forms
- expys
- expies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include faker, spit, fake fan, spoofer, copycat, conperson.
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