telly

Etymology 1

Shortened form of tele(vision) + -y.

noun

  1. (colloquial) Television.
    You're from telly! 2007 August 24', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 1
    … they were all in agreement: this stuff had to be on the telly. June 30 2021, Tim Dunn, “How We Made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in Rail, number 934, page 48
    Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
  2. (colloquial) A television set.
    We've got a new flat-screen telly.

Etymology 2

Shortened form of (ho)tel and/or (mo)tel + -y.

noun

  1. (US, Canada, chiefly MTE, slang) A hotel or motel.
    I'm staying at the telly this weekend.

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