Dear Abby

English

Proper noun

Dear Abby

1. An advice column written under the pen name Abigail Van Buren.
2. The columnist.
   • 1971, Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey, “Beauty School Dropout”, in Grease:

     Baby, you know it. Even Dear Abby’d say the same.

   • 1976, “Me and the Elephant”, performed by Gene Cotton:

     Well I wrote to Ann Landers and Dear Abby too / And sought their advice as to what I should do

   • 1994 December 3, Adam Sandler, “The Chanukah Song”, Saturday Night Live, National Broadcasting Company:

     We got Ann Landers and her sister Dear Abby.

   • 2014, Frederick Hertz, Emily Doskow, Making It Legal, Nolo, →ISBN, page 114:

     I am not Dr. Phil, Dear Abby, or a qualified relationship counselor.