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What (who) is neddy - definition
Neddy
·noun A pet name for a donkey.
neddy
A foolish person, particularly somebody who is useless with technology.
Thanks to Mrs C Williams, Bishop of Llandaff High School.
If any old neddy walked in here she wouldn't know a piggin' thing about AN-THRO-PO-METRICS.
Thanks to Mrs C Williams, Bishop of Llandaff High School.
If any old neddy walked in here she wouldn't know a piggin' thing about AN-THRO-PO-METRICS.
neddy
¦ noun (plural neddies) informal
1. Brit. a child's word for a donkey.
2. Austral. a horse, especially a racehorse.
Origin
C16: dimin. of Ned, familiar form of the given name Edward.
Examples of use of neddy
1. The operative paragraph began: "Neddy is to mastermind the whole programme." It is inconceivable that a prime minister of any party would say that today.
2. From Donna Reed and Ward Cleaver to Lester Burnham in "American Beauty" and Neddy Merrill in John Cheever‘s story "The Swimmer," the landscape has given rise to pinnacles and perversions of the American Dream.
3. On November 22 1'74, McIntosh – director general of the National Economic Development Council (Neddy) – was told by the permanent secretary at the Department of Employment "that the NUM militants would force through a high settlement ... and that there would be a balance of payments collapse". And so it, more or less, turned out.