Larry
See also: larry
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlæɹi/
- (General American) enPR: lărʹē
- (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈlæɹi/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈlɛɹi/, /ˈleɹi/
- Rhymes: -æɹi
- Homophone: lairy (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)
- Hyphenation: Lar‧ry
Etymology 1
editProper noun
editLarry
- A diminutive of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence, popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.
- 1998, Carol Shields, Larry's Party, Penguin, →ISBN, page 254:
- No one gets named Larry anymore. It's had it as a name. Think of someone called Larry and you automatically conjure up a guy drinking beer in a sixties rec room.
- 2002, Laurell K. Hamilton, Circus of the Damned, JOVE, →ISBN, page 149:
- "Larry, name's Larry." I smiled, it was too ridiculous. He was worried about me calling him Lawrence instead of Larry with a rogue zombie climbing out of the dirt.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editdiminutive of Laurence
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editLarry
- (fandom slang) The real-person fiction ship of Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles of the band One Direction.
- 2013, Andrea Flores, "Is Your (Relation)Ship Sailing?", TheBearCat (San Mateo High School), 1 November 2013, page 8:
- "Larry" shippers even make evidence videos on YouTube to try to prove that they are actually a couple, showing a more extreme side of shipping.
- 2014, Mary Sheehan, "One Direction: Why We Need To Pay Attention", The Edge (Elon University), Fall 2014, page 25:
- Fan platforms often include some type of Larry fan fiction, fan art and detailed explanations of their fan theories.
- 2016, Bethan Jones, “'I Will Throw You off Your Ship and You Will Drown and Die': Death Threats, Intra-Fandom Hate, and the Performance of Fangirling”, in Lucy Bennett, Paul Booth, editors, Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture, page 60:
- Perhaps the most striking example of this intra-fandom antagonism comes in responses to Larry shippers.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Larry.
- 2013, Andrea Flores, "Is Your (Relation)Ship Sailing?", TheBearCat (San Mateo High School), 1 November 2013, page 8:
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
editSpanish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Larry.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLarry m
- a male given name from English
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