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diaper sniffer

Syllables: dia·per sniff·erUS/ˈdaɪ(ə)pɚˌsnɪfɚ/

diaper sniffer noun: term of abuse.

Noun

diaper sniffer (plural diaper sniffers)

  1. (Canada, US, derogatory, slang) Term of abuse.
    • Yeah, like an illterate diaper sniffer like you would know that!1996 July 31, @PROSCAN782, “FCC Spectrum Allocation”, in rec.radio.scanner (Usenet)
    • Who are you talking to, you top-posting diaper-sniffer? Are you another shitcake who pretends to be tolerant, but really only promnotes^([sic]) his own fucked-up agenda?2003 June 15, Angry_Mime, “anal sex?”, in calgary.general (Usenet)
  2. (Canada, US, derogatory, euphemistic, slang, sometimes) A pedophile or child molester; a diaper sniper.
    • Do you think it would be possible to form a group within the NG here, to expose people and sites that contain child porn? The radio has been full of this lately and I didn't realize that there were that many diaper sniffers out there.2003 January 18, Dan Parrell, “IS IT POSSIBLE?”, in nf.general (Usenet)
    • News from Thailand that a soft-fingered, doe-eyed, pastel-cardigan-wearing diaper-sniffer named John Mark Karr confessed to the murder of America's favorite dead, oversexed toddler: JonBenet Ramsey.2008, Cintra Wilson, Caligula for President: Better American Living Through Tyranny, Bloomsbury, page 32
  3. (Canada, US) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see diaper, sniffer (i.e. someone who sniffs diapers as a method of conducting a diaper check).

Examples of diaper sniffer in a sentence

  • Ok Diaper sniffer^([sic]) they just spent 40 million looking for crimes and didn't find any.2019 September 20, @GunsnSandwitchs, Twitter:
  • At least no one has to waste tax dollars on defending a diaper sniffer!?!2018 January 30, @AltLife93, Twitter:
  • They're all diaper sniffers, and she did quote it in her fkn diary!2024 December 24, unchaind08, Twitter:

Forms of diaper sniffer

pluraldiaper sniffers
alternative formdiapersniffer
alternative formdiaper-sniffer

Origin of diaper sniffer

From diaper + sniffer.

Questions about diaper sniffer

What does diaper sniffer mean?
Diaper sniffer means term of abuse.
How do you use diaper sniffer in a sentence?
Ok Diaper sniffer^([sic]) they just spent 40 million looking for crimes and didn't find any.
What part of speech is diaper sniffer?
Diaper sniffer is a noun.
How do you pronounce diaper sniffer?
Diaper sniffer is pronounced /ˈdaɪ(ə)pɚˌsnɪfɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of diaper sniffer?
The plural of diaper sniffer is diaper sniffers.

Words near diaper sniffer in the dictionary

  1. diaper shirts
  2. diaper shot
  3. diaper shots
  4. diaper slave
  5. diaper slaves
  6. diaper sniffer
  7. diaper sniffers
  8. diaper sniper
  9. diaper snipers
  10. diaper sprayer
  11. diaper sprayers

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