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baby daddy

noun

Etymology

African-American Vernacular English (General American would be baby's daddy) 1990s, popularized in the 2000s; compare baby mama. Possibly from or influenced by same term in Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole baby-father, alternatively due simply to grammatical similarities between AAVE and Jamaican Creole.

  1. derived from baby-father

Definitions

  1. The father of a child in common, particularly one who did not marry the mother and…

    The father of a child in common, particularly one who did not marry the mother and provides little or no support for the mother and child.

    • My baby’s daddy, [sic] Barack Obama.
    • The baby daddy many of us at one point or another have or will be in a relationship with someone who has a child or children, and with that child or children comes another parent.
    • “I'm so glad I only have one baby daddy.” “F'really.” “I feel sorry for those girls with more than one.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA