"diddums" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈdɪdəmz/ [UK]
Etymology: Contraction of did 'em (they) do something (to you)?. Etymology templates: {{m|en|did 'em (they) do something (to you)?}} did 'em (they) do something (to you)? Head templates: {{en-interj}} diddums
  1. (UK) A term of commiseration to a child who has suffered a mildly painful situation. Tags: UK Translations (term of commiseration to a child): 小可憐 (Chinese Mandarin), 小可怜 (xiǎo kělián) (Chinese Mandarin), ocharme (Dutch), zielig (Dutch), rukka (Finnish), så ja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-diddums-en-intj-HkLKhc5c Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'term of commiseration to a child': 75 25
  2. (by extension) A sarcastic commiseration to somebody seen to be complaining too much about hurt feelings. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-diddums-en-intj-M~THmAkH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poor diddums Related terms: wassums

Alternative forms

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