Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chiefly UK, humorous, sometimes derogatory an
actor oractress , especially anarcissistic andpretentious one - noun informal An affectionate term of address
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word luvvy.
Examples
-
Known as a New Labour "luvvy", she was appointed by Charles Moore in the expectation that she could provide an insight into the doings of the Blair camp.
Hartlepool will be pivotal Richard 2004
-
No self-indulgent twaddle, no luvvy duvvy waffle, no tedious explaining what we're looking at, no extraneous family members self-aggrandising and hogging the airtime with totally irrelevant bullshit.
Update karenmiller 2009
-
Bo's'n FriedFish A very Happy Birthday to you, luvvy!
-
Using his own labels, why need be either a "boffin" or a "luvvy"?
Carla Buzasi: Sunday Roundup Carla Buzasi 2011
-
'Sorry, luvvy, but I'm not quite feeling it with your performance.
Archive 2009-09-01 juliette 2009
-
'Sorry, luvvy, but I'm not quite feeling it with your performance.
One Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest juliette 2009
-
Teh kittehs wuz quite luvvy wif eech udder, despyt teh naymez.
ever feel like the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
-
Anyway, whether you're thrilled about the day after Labor Day or not, there are plenty of cakes to celebrate with: No, sweety-luvvy-kins, spray painting the bus will NOT get you a day off from school.
-
Sylvia Plath once said 'every woman adores a fascist' - and what do you know, the mad old literary luvvy may have had a point.
Ashes to Ashes ; The Dominant Gene juliette 2009
-
Sylvia Plath once said 'every woman adores a fascist' - and what do you know, the mad old literary luvvy may have had a point.
Archive 2009-04-01 juliette 2009
BrainyBabe commented on the word luvvy
Actors, esp. pl. luvvies. British coloquialism, but not slang.
December 24, 2008