daddy-o

noun
/ˈdædɪəʊ/UK

Etymology

From daddy + -o.

  1. inherited from *dadde
  2. formed as daddy — “dad + -y
  3. suffixed as daddy-o — “daddy + o

Definitions

  1. Term of address for a man.

    • Hey daddy-o, make that type O huh? That a boy.
    • He walks in the classroom cool and slow, / Who calls the English teacher Daddy-O?
    • But Godot also means 'ot Dog, or the dog who is hot, and it means God-O, God as the female principle, just as Daddy-O in Hip means father who has failed, […]

The neighborhood

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