compy
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Diminutive of computer with -y.
Noun edit
compy (plural compies)
Synonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- lappy (“laptop”)
Etymology 2 edit
As used in the novel (and subsequent motion picture) Jurassic Park; shortened from Compsognathus, with -y.
Noun edit
compy (plural compies)
- (informal) A member of the genus Compsognathus or Procompsognathus.
- 1990, Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park:
- We picked up another compy.
Coordinate terms edit
- trike (“triceratops”)