expy
noun
expy is spelled E-X-P-Y: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, expy means “Contraction of expressway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of expy is expys or expies.
How many letters and syllables are in expy?
| Letters | 4: E-X-P-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is expy?
Expy appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of expy
- expys plural
- expies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does expy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Contraction of expressway.
- 2
slangA 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does expy come from?
From a clipping of exported character + -y. Coined by TV Tropes in 2006.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).