Emmy
Emmy definition
Emmy (em′ē)
- any of the annual awards given by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for special achievement in television programming, acting, etc.
- any of the statuettes given to those receiving such awards
Etymology: altered < Immy, engineering slang for the image-orthicon camera: name proposed (1948) in contrast to Oscar by H. R. Lubcke, U.S. TV engineer
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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