babby

Alternative form of baby

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbæ.bi/ · Context: General American, Received Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -æbi

Noun

  1. Alternative form of baby

    UK, Ireland, US, also Internet slang

    • They always have a big belly or a new babby hidden inside the shawl suckin on her diddy. - 2015, Martha Long, Run, Lily, Run, page 155

Origin

Dialectal form of baby. First attested in the 20th century. Popularized in online usage by the "How is babby formed?" meme from the mid-2000s.

Forms

babbies babbie

Related

bab babber