threedy

English

Etymology

From the pronunciation of 3D (“three-dimensional”).

Noun

threedy (plural threedies)

1. (science fiction) A three-dimensional movie or television program.
   • 1994 February, Earthsong: Native Tongue III, New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 176:

     "Nothing else. We don’t know anything... at all... about what brings St. Andrews into this. But she knows too much, Benny. Lots and lots of stuff that didn't appear—and never will appear—in the newspapes, or on the threedies."

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “threedy, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.