Eddress

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.4 Quotations

English

Alternative forms

• e-ddress, e-dress

Etymology

Blend of e- ‘electronic’ + address.

Noun

eddress

1. An electronic address; in particular, an e-mail address.

Quotations

• 2000: They've been dropping electronic tracts on anyone they can get an eddress for. —Ian Douglas, Europa Strike [1]
• 2001: The extraordinary growth of the global Internet makes it essential to have more addresses (or “eddresses”) available to accommodate everyone who will be on the Internet in just a few years. IPv4 allowed for 4 billion eddresses—but there are 6 billion people, and many more computers, appliances, vehicles, and other devices that will soon be assigned IP eddresses as well! —Joan Van Tassel, Digital TV Over Broadband [2]
• 2002, Alex Epstein, Crafty Screenwriting [3]:

• 2004: In college I use my eddress more then [sic] my regular address. —Concise Collection of College Students' Slang, ed. Xin-An Lu, s.v. eddress.