Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zaddy

/ˈzædi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: zad-dy
IPA: /ˈzædi/

19

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A handsome, fashionable man, especially an older man.

Slang

Example Sentences

"She keep on callin' me zaddy, that lil' baby got a fatty"
"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."
"“Wait a minute, Bradd said his dad could beat up a dad in this family. How do we know he wasn't talking about me? I'm a dad too.” [Korvo and replicants laugh] [laughter continues] “Okay, you're right. I'm more of a zaddy than a dad.” “It's true. That was good though, Terry. I really needed that. You've energized me for an ass-kicking. Well, off to hurt a stranger.”"

Etymology

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.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

zaddies (plural)

Rhymes With

daddy paddy plastic paddy maddy caddy addy caddie baddie laddie laddy haddy haddie

Questions

How do you pronounce zaddy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzædi/.
What does zaddy mean?: A handsome, fashionable man, especially an older man.
Where does zaddy come from?: 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.

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