"baby daddy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-baby daddy.ogg Forms: baby daddies [plural]
Etymology: African-American Vernacular English (General American would be baby's daddy) 1990s, popularized 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|jam|baby-father}} Jamaican Creole baby-father, {{der|en|jam|-}} Jamaican Creole Head templates: {{en-noun}} baby daddy (plural baby daddies)
  1. (slang, chiefly US) Father of child in common, particularly one who did not marry the mother and provides little or no support for the mother and child. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: babyfather, baby-daddy Related terms: baby mama

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