affy

1 9.9

A shop that sells alcohol to take away

noun
/ˈæfi/

Slang

: tienda de licores

Let's stop by the affy before heading home.

Examples

Locals often refer to the corner shop as the affy when buying alcohol.
I bought some drinks at the affy last night.
He stopped by the affy to pick up some drinks before the party.
On his way home, Tom popped into the affy for a bottle of wine.
Let's stop by the affy to grab some beers for our picnic later.
I went to the affy to buy a bottle of wine for dinner.
On weekends, many people visit the affy to stock up on drinks for parties.

Synonyms

liquor store

vsaffy

84 1.0

A shop that sells alcohol to take home

is a British informal name instead of the neutral general term

wine shop

vsaffy

3 1.4

A shop that sells wine to take home

refers informally to shops selling alcoholic drinks broadly not only wine

package store

vsaffy

1 5.3

A shop that sells bottles of beer, wine or spirits to take home

is a British slang label for the same off premises shop

off-licence

vsaffy

6.4

A shop that sells alcoholic drinks to take away

is a British informal slang term rather than the formal shop name

How Specialized

wine merchant

2 3.9

affy

Slang

1 9.9

Surface Forms

affy singular

affies plural

Morphology

affy = off-licence (semi-transparent) = off + y

Formed by clipping the British compound 'off-licence' to a colloquial 'offie/offy' and then phonologically realized as 'affy'; the referent (a shop selling alcohol) remains but the slang clipping and vowel change reduce full transparency for learners.

Etymology

The word affy is British slang that probably comes from making off-licence shorter to 'offie', and that form then turned into affy. So an affy is the local shop where you buy alcohol 'to take away'.