eddress

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Etymology

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Blend of e- +‎ address

Noun

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eddress

  1. (dated) An electronic address; in particular, an e-mail address. [late 1990s–early 2000s]
    • 2000, Ian Douglas, Europa Strike[1]:
      They've been dropping electronic tracts on anyone they can get an eddress for.
    • 2001, Joan Van Tassel, Digital TV Over Broadband[2]:
      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!
    • 2002, Alex Epstein, Crafty Screenwriting[3]:
      The Wine Dark Sea
      by Alex Epstein
      [my address]
      [my phone number]
      [my eddress]
    • 2004, Xin-An Lu, editor, Concise Collection of College Students' Slang[4]:
      In college I use my eddress more then [sic] my regular address.

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