Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A diminutive of the female given names Annette or Jeannette.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of nettie (“an Internet user, particularly a Usenet user”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Alternative form of netty: an outhouse; a lavatory; a toilet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Geordie, Wearside, alt-of, alternative
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noun
An Internet user, particularly a Usenet user.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, informal
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History
Suffixed with -ie, compare Neddie and Nellie, respectively from Edward and Eleanor.
Etymology tree English Net Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English Nettie From Net + -ie.
See netty.
From net + -ie, on the model of Trekkie.
