Dear Abby

English

Proper noun

Dear Abby

1. An advice column written under the pen name Abigail Van Buren.
2. The columnist.
   • 2014, Frederick Hertz, Emily Doskow, Making It Legal, Nolo, →ISBN, page 114:

     I am not Dr. Phil, Dear Abby, or a qualified relationship counselor.

   1. Pauline Phillips (1918–2013), the initial columnist (until 2002) and sister of fellow columnist Eppie Lederer (who wrote under the pen name Ann Landers).
      • 1971, Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey, “Beauty School Dropout”, in Grease:

        Baby, you know it. Even Dear Abby’d say the same.

      • 1976, “Me and the Elephant”, performed by Gene Cotton:

        Well I wrote to Ann Landers and Dear Abby too / And sought their advice as to what I should do

      • 1994 December 3, Adam Sandler, “The Chanukah Song”, Saturday Night Live, National Broadcasting Company:

        We got Ann Landers and her sister Dear Abby.

      • 2013 January 19, “Dear Abby …”, in Telegram & Gazette‎^[1], Worcester, Mass., →ISSN, archived from the original on 2024-08-23:

        Better known by the pen name Abigail Van Buren — and instantly recognizable by the words that were practically her nickname, “Dear Abby” — she fit thoughtful advice into succinct newspaper columns for more than 40 years.