Definitions

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  • proper noun A nickname associated with the male given names Edward and Theodore.
  • noun informal A Teddy boy.

Etymologies

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Shortened form of Edward or Theodore.

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Examples

  • DAVID KACZYNSKI, BROTHER OF TED KACZYNSKI: I remember being so struck by how shut down Ted seemed.

    CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2007 2007

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Obama Confirms Sen. Ted Kennedy Collapse During Inaugural Luncheon'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Taking the podium, an obviously stricken President Obama confirmed that Sen. Edward \'Ted\' Kennedy (D-MA) collapsed at the Inaugural Luncheon.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Obama Confirms Sen. Ted Kennedy Collapse During Inaugural Luncheon 2009

  • Put it this way: For the past year, mentioning the name "Ted Williams" conjured up an image of a (hopefully) former addict holding a cardboard sign on the side of the road, not one of the greatest (cryogenically frozen) baseball players that ever lived.

    Lee Brenner: The Top 10 Stories From 2011 Missing From All the Top 10 Lists Lee Brenner 2011

  • Put it this way: For the past year, mentioning the name "Ted Williams" conjured up an image of a (hopefully) former addict holding a cardboard sign on the side of the road, not one of the greatest (cryogenically frozen) baseball players that ever lived.

    Lee Brenner: The Top 10 Stories From 2011 Missing From All the Top 10 Lists Lee Brenner 2011

  • Put it this way: For the past year, mentioning the name "Ted Williams" conjured up an image of a (hopefully) former addict holding a cardboard sign on the side of the road, not one of the greatest (cryogenically frozen) baseball players that ever lived.

    Lee Brenner: The Top 10 Stories From 2011 Missing From All the Top 10 Lists Lee Brenner 2011

  • Put it this way: For the past year, mentioning the name "Ted Williams" conjured up an image of a (hopefully) former addict holding a cardboard sign on the side of the road, not one of the greatest (cryogenically frozen) baseball players that ever lived.

    Lee Brenner: The Top 10 Stories From 2011 Missing From All the Top 10 Lists Lee Brenner 2011

  • Then he ran the name Ted Bundy through the Department of Licensing to get a date of birth.

    The Riverman Robert D. Keppel 2005

  • He ran the tags through the Department of Motor Vehicles DMV to get the name Ted Bundy, the make on his car, and his address at the time.

    The Riverman Robert D. Keppel 2005

  • He ran the tags through the Department of Motor Vehicles DMV to get the name Ted Bundy, the make on his car, and his address at the time.

    The Riverman Robert D. Keppel 2005

  • I remember the day the name Ted first came into my life—little did I know the number of years I would spend tracking the man with that name or the number of deaths to which that name would eventually be linked.

    The Riverman Robert D. Keppel 2005

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