English
Alternative forms
e-ddress, e-dress
Etymology
Blend of e- �electronic� + address.
Noun
eddress
- An electronic address; in particular, an e-mail address.
Quotations
2000: They've been dropping electronic tracts on anyone they can get an eddress for. �Ian Douglas, Europa Strike 1
2001: 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! �Joan Van Tassel, Digital TV Over Broadband 2
2002, Alex Epstein, Crafty Screenwriting 3:
<div align="center">
The Wine Dark Sea <br>
by Alex Epstein <br>
[my address]<br>
[my phone number]<br>
[my eddress] </div>
2004: In college I use my eddress more then [sic] my regular address. �Concise Collection of College Students' Slang, ed. Xin-An Lu, s.v. ''eddress.''
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