baby daddy
The biological father of a child in common, particularly one who did not marry the mother and provides little or no support for the mother and child.
Pronunciation
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Noun
- The biological father of a child in common, particularly one who did not marry the mother and provides little or no support for the mother and child.
slang, chiefly US
- My baby’s daddy, [sic] Barack Obama. - 2004, Michelle Obama, Senate victory speech, November 2, 2004
- The baby daddy many of us at one point or another have or will be in a relationship with someone who has a child or children, and with that child or children comes another parent. - 2009, Stacye Branch M Msc, It's All in How You Look at It: Thoughts and Questions About Life, page 191
- “I'm so glad I only have one baby daddy.” “F'really.” “I feel sorry for those girls with more than one.” - 2011, Michael Cornwall, Ticklenotes: More Voices from Cube Village, page 44
- The father of your child, whom you did not marry, and with whom you are not currently involved. That man isn't my boyfriend; he's my baby daddy. - 2012, Aaron Peckham, Urban Dictionary: Freshest Street Slang Defined, page 16
Synonyms: babyfather
Origin
African-American Vernacular English (General American would be baby's daddy) 1990s, popularized in the 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.