lappy
n.— «I love my laptop. I’ve even given him a name: Lappy.» —“Lure Of Laptops Too Great For Some To Resist” by Robert Gebeloff Record (N.J.) June 14, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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