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zaddy

/ˈzædi/

zaddy noun: a handsome, fashionable man, especially an older man.

Noun

zaddy (plural zaddies)

  1. (slang) A handsome, fashionable man, especially an older man.
    • She keep on callin' me zaddy, that lil' baby got a fatty2016, “Zaddy”, in Campaign, performed by Ty Dolla $ign
    • As someone who can shoot on target, keep watch while you sleep and look smoking in a leather jacket or a sparkly, silver lurex sweater, [Pedro Pascal is] the poster boy for what the zaddy's all about.2023 March 18, Jo Ellison, “Have you got zaddy issues?”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21

Forms of zaddy

pluralzaddies

Origin of zaddy

The origin of the slang word zaddy, an assibilation of daddy, is unclear. Urban Dictionary has numerous, usually similar user definitions of zaddy with the earliest going back to June 17, 2008 by a user by the name of Josette as follows: "The slang term for a really "handsome" guy who is very appealing and looks really fashionable. He has to have swag and sex appeal and look sexy and attractive", this meaning is the most common. Other published instances of the word only become more frequent around 2018 but perhaps influenced by by American rapper Ty Dolla Sign's 2016 song by the same name.

Words that rhyme with zaddy

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Questions about zaddy

What does zaddy mean?
Zaddy means a handsome, fashionable man, especially an older man.
What part of speech is zaddy?
Zaddy is a noun.
How do you pronounce zaddy?
Zaddy is pronounced /ˈzædi/.
What is the plural of zaddy?
The plural of zaddy is zaddies.

Words near zaddy in the dictionary

  1. zaddicks
  2. zaddies
  3. zaddik
  4. zaddikim
  5. zaddiks
  6. zaddy
  7. Zadkiel
  8. Zadoi
  9. Zadoian
  10. Zadoians
  11. Zadok

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