prexy
English
Etymology
From earlier prex + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛksi/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛksi
Homophone: prexie
Noun
prexy (plural prexies)
- (slang) A president, especially of a college or university.
- 1957 December 30, Ren Grevatt, “Concensus Tabs Stereo Disk Still in Research Stage: Diskery and Phono Toppers Sound Tempering Notes of Caution”, in Billboard, page 43:
- Irving Green, prexy of Mercury Records, described the development and perfection of stereo as “a man-sized job.”
- 1970, "Stanford prexy asks cut in paper support", (Ellensburg, Washington) Daily Record (UPI), 8 October 1970, vol. 70, no. 238, p. 3
- Stanford University's new president, angered by what he calls a "journalistic atrocity," wants student financial support withdrawn from the Stanford Daily.
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Anagrams
- Pyrex, pyrex