Emmy
- proper noun
- /ˈɛm.i/
- The Emmy Award-winning series Schoolhouse Rock is one example that most people remember from their childhoods.
- an Emmy Award
- Emmy-winning
I I don't want an Emmy for this.
- I I don't want an Emmy for this.
- He's like, yeah, I never got an Emmy, so who cares?
- Not only did we win an Emmy, we won fashion.
- Fake tears, fake heroism, an Emmy Award worthy performance.
- I presented at the Emmys, and then I think that's it.
- Won five Emmys, wasn't a good student.
- You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.
- I mean, you, you know, you have Emmy Awards for your reporting.
- It's it's streamy, Webby, digital Emmy and what else?
- The Emmys, not the Emmys, the Oscars.
- He won an Emmy last night, actually for the main.
Examples
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These are television projects and should be up for Emmy Awards, not Oscars.
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And congratulations to the entire "LOST" team for an incredible 13 Emmy nominations!
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Not only did we win an Emmy, we won fashion.
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You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.
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"We just got word that Angel's Devils was nominated for an Emmy not once, but twice."
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Tonight, September 23, 2012, will attract a worldwide audience as the Emmy Awards are handed out.
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The funniest show that Mickey and I ever did was the one we won the Emmy for.
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Mr. Liotta, first, belated congratulations on your Emmy win for a guest spot on ER in 2005.
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In April, the show received the Emmy in the category of Outstanding Sports Journalism for Bernard Goldberg.
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In 2005, she won an Emmy for her starring role in the TV series 'Medium.'
Synonyms
A prize given to someone for achievement or excellence
Surface Forms
Etymology
Emmy comes from an old nickname for a television camera tube, the immy, short for 'image orthicon'. Because of that link to TV technology, the Emmy became the name of the prize for work in television.