Spidey

From spider +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspaɪdi/

Spidey

1. (slang) The fictional superhero Spider-Man.
   • 1978, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 79, page 8:

     Seven months later he reappeared in his own comic book, The Amazing Spider-Man. In the 16 years since, Spidey (as his fans call him) has become the country's most popular superhero, appearing in 300 daily newspapers.

   • 1981, Ebony Jr., Oct. 1981, Vol. 9, No. 4, page 25:

     In the closet Marvin found his sea shell collection, baseball cards, a stack of Spidey comic books, a jar of dead flies he had forgotten about, a paper bag filled with pine cones, and five cans of mud from Lake Washington.

   • 1983, Boys' Life, Jan 1983, Vol. 73, No. 1, page 21:

     Only Spider-Man's spidey powers can get us out of this!

   • 2013, Gerry Conway, ‎Leah Wilson, Webslinger: Unauthorized Essays On Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, page 32:

     [H]e's also written a Spidey short story (“Arms and the Man” in 1997's Untold Tales of Spider-Man) and a Spidey novel (Down These Mean Streets in 2005).

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Spidey.

• Spidey-sense

• dipsey