standee

English

WOTD – 27 June 2017

Standees (sense 1) in a bus in Singapore

From stand +‎ -ee.

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stanˈdiː/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /stænˈdi/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: stand‧ee

standee (plural standees)

Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus.
- 1959 September, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 430–431:
  Recently I received a letter from Mr. A. H. Maclean, who travelled north by the 11-coach "Flying Scotsman", and remarked that the train "was filled to capacity and we were forced to stand in the corridor"—for nearly 270 miles— [...] Obviously the diesel was working well below her load capacity on this schedule and some addition to the formation ought to have been made to accommodate the standees.
A free-standing, rigid print (usually life-sized), for instance of a celebrity, often displayed for advertising and promotional purposes.
Synonym: cut-out

He took a picture of me with a standee of Darth Vader at the premiere of Star Wars: Episode III.
A board game piece made of cardboard inserted into a plastic base.
- 2009 March 4, Martin Manning, BoardGameGeek‎^[1]:
  I've always found the best thing to do with standees is to stick a small strip of clear tape to the edge of the cardboard that will be inserted into the stand. This prevents the shredding/tearing problem.