- People are often very attached to their laptop computers. So, they treat their laptop computers as an extremely valued possession. Thus, owners of laptops will often be very loving of their computer and the often affectionate suffix “y” to the end of “lap” to form “lappy”. “Lap” is a clipping of “laptop computer”. Lappy is also the name of one of the computers used by Strong Bad (from www.homestarrunner.com, a popular website in the past decade)
lappy
noun; clipping derivation
A personal, portable laptop computer (used in a more affectionate manner)
Etymology : A clipping from “laptop” and subsequently this clipping undergoes derivation, where a “py” ending is added.
Source : “Oh good, I can use my trusty lappy to look up this topic.” (while studying with a friend, October, 2011)
Last modified: 3 December 2011