amby
English
Etymology
Shortening of ambidextrous + -y, after the pattern of rightie and leftie.
Noun
amby (plural ambies)
- (informal) An ambidextrous person.
- 1997 April 11, RP Pelletier, “Re: Burton Slide Test”, in rec.skiing.snowboard[1] (Usenet):
- Next time you have an amby, tell them quick like to close their eyes and serve a volleyball. Everybody prefers one side for something that they do, it's just a matter if syncing that something with a good choice to start the unknown with.
- 1999, Cliff Gromer (ed.), "Great Stuff", Popular Mechanics, August 1999:
- The slim design makes for easy one-hand opening for righties, lefties and ambies.
- 2001, Rita Robinson, Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading, New Page Books (2001), →ISBN, page 41:
- Medical scientists speculate that lefties and ambies exercise their brains more and grow more cells.