Dictionary

icebergy en · ADJ

Etymology

From iceberg + -y.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) Resembling or characteristic of an iceberg.
   • Remember those signs? They had a sort of icebergy motif and the sign said "IT'S COOL INSIDE!!!" with the icebergy stuff dripping all over the word COOL. 1991, Jim Ritchie, Shocco Tales: Southern Fried Sagas, self-published, published 1997, →ISBN, page 45:
2. (colloquial, of an area) Filled with icebergs.
   • For good nautical fun, nothing beats the blizzardy, icebergy waters of the North Sea. 1996 January, John Skow, “Heave To, Felix! Thar Blow Th' Faeroes!”, in Outside:
3. (colloquial, figuratively) Cold or unfriendly in manner.
   • "Well, so it went on for weeks and weeks — Jenny chatting and playing the agreeable to all others, but decidedly icebergy toward me. […] 1857 May, Mary W. Janvrin, “How Jenny Was Won”, in Peterson's Magazine:

Forms

Synonyms

bergy · bergy · bergy