# expy

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From a clipping of exported character + -y. Coined by TV Tropes in 2006.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/expy