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Nessie

American  
[nes-ee] / ˈnɛs i /

noun

Informal.
  1. Loch Ness monster.


Etymology

Origin of Nessie

(Loch) Ness + -ie

Example Sentences

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He felt silly asking, because the only loch he’d ever heard of was Loch Ness, where Nessie the Loch Ness Monster was said to live.

From Literature

No footage of Nessie has been found on the camera, but one of the submarine's engineers was able to develop a few images of the loch's murky waters.

From BBC

In another element of its sweeping lawsuit, the FTC accused Amazon of “quietly and deliberately” raising prices for shoppers using an algorithm internally called Project Nessie.

From Seattle Times

A company called Ototo has turned Nessie into a soup ladle in green, turquoise or purple.

From Seattle Times

In addition to making $1 billion by using a secret algorithm called "Project Nessie" to push up the prices that U.S. households pay, Amazon may have also succeeded in curbing Walmart's ambitions.

From Reuters