LEFTY
What does "LEFTY" mean?
An informal term for a left-handed person.
Meanings
- A person who is left-handed. As a lefty, she always smudged her ink dragging her hand across the page. informal
- A person with left-wing political views. The columnist dismissed the proposal as a lefty fantasy. informal
- In baseball, a left-handed pitcher or batter; a southpaw. They brought in a lefty from the bullpen to face the slugger. informal
Word origin
From 'left' (Old English 'lyft', meaning weak or foolish) plus the diminutive suffix '-y', an American coinage of the late 19th century.
Remember it
LEFTY ends in -Y like the wave of a left hand waving goodbye to the right.
A little poem
The scissors fought her, the desks all leaned wrong,
the world built its handles for somebody else-
so she learned to turn it, and called that a strength.
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Wordplay
- Why did the political pundit refuse to shake the southpaw's hand? He couldn't tell if it was a lefty by hand or by heart.
What it teaches
Being built for the other hand teaches you that the world's defaults are choices, not laws.
Quick facts
What does LEFTY mean?
An informal term for a left-handed person.
Is LEFTY a valid word?
Yes — LEFTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LEFTY?
LEFTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LEFTY come from?
From 'left' (Old English 'lyft', meaning weak or foolish) plus the diminutive suffix '-y', an American coinage of the late 19th century.
What can LEFTY teach us?
Being built for the other hand teaches you that the world's defaults are choices, not laws.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.