Dictionary

Lindy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɪndi/

Etymology

Diminutives with -y.

Meanings

1. (neologism) Long-lasting; having a proven track record and thus predicted by the Lindy effect to remain relevant far into the future.
   • Very likely the youngest lindy invention, even if unsliced bread is lindier 2023 July 23, resistonaut, “nice things that were invented quite recently”, in r/redscarepod (Reddit post), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026:
   • Breakfast: not Lindy, though coffee gets in under the wire. 2021 June 17, Ezra Marcus, “What is the Lindy Effect?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026:
   • I will never stop programming in C, the lindiest language 2021 May 28, @luke_metro, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026:
   • heroin chic is back and lindier than ever 2024 December 20, @sadbittergirl, X (post), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026:
   • thinking of the previously ubiquitous aspects of 2010s life that it's becoming increasingly clear are not lindy and have been locked off and left behind: premium burgers, new media, tough mudder, raising awareness about mental health, macklemore, selfie sticks etc. any others? 2023 August 5, @tristandross, X (post), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026:
   • Bull-leaping is one of the Lindiest Indo-European sports of all. Here's maybe the earliest depiction on a Hittite vase from 1650 BC, and a depiction from the great palace at Knossos, Crete. 2026 July 12, @Babygravy9, X (post), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026:

Forms

Lindy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɪndi/

Etymology

Diminutives with -y.

Meanings

1. A certain dance step.
2. A musical composition suitable for such a dance.
   • "These damned Lindys!" bubbled Janice. "Don't they play anything for old married folks?" 2002, Herman Wouk, War and Remembrance, page 234:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Lindy Hop
   alt of Lindy Hop
   • The Lindy Hop picked up where the Charleston left off, with the first swing-outs, breakaways and "shine steps" added to a basic off-beat two-step. In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society. 1943 August 23, LIFE:

Forms

Lindy en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɪndi/

Etymology

Diminutives with -y.

Meanings

1. A diminutive of the female given names Linda, Lindsay, and Linnet.
   • Lindy herself hated the name Lindy. She said it sounded like a girl in pink gingham. At the beginning of this school year she'd started making all the teachers address her by her full name, Linnet. 2004, Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage, →ISBN, page 105:
2. A unisex given name.
3. (colloquial) Nickname of US aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974).
   • It seems a fair enough deduction, since it is known that Corrigan was working at the Ryan Airplane factory while Lindy's plane, "Spirit of St. Louis," was being built there and he was one of those who helped put together that famous craft. 1938 October, “Poor Boy Still Makes Good”, in Popular Mechanics, page 149:

Deriveds

Lindy effect · Lindy Hop