daddy

Etymology

From dad + -y.

noun

1. (usually childish) Father.
2. (informal, with article) A perfect example, a role model.
   the daddy of them all
   [Norman Mailer] was, though, absolutely the daddy of faction, his novels or journalism reporting every conflict from 1939 to Iraq and biographising Americans including John F Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali and Neil Armstrong. 2007-11-12, Mark Lawson, “The king of faction”, in The Guardian
3. (informal, in early use chiefly African-American Vernacular) A male lover.
   She looked at me with that familiar desire Her eyes lit up like they were on fire She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track, But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back, So if you want to have fun in this man's land, Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands." 1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks
4. (dated slang) An informal term of address for a man.
   Rock 'n' roll is cool, daddy, and you know it!
5. (BDSM, sexual slang) A dominant male partner, often used as an address.
   The guy I've been dating offered to do bondage with me, and I was like "Yes please, daddy."
6. (slang) A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
   However, what is of interest is that it is clear that the staff have to use the prisoners to run the borstal and thus do not object to, or try to control the inmate subculture that produces 'daddies', violence, sexual assault and racism, […] 2004, David Wilson, Sean O'Sullivan, Images of Incarceration, page 162
   The daddies were the chaps of the old borstal system, leaders who had clawed their way to the top of the borstal food chain by showing gameness and the ability and willingness to inflict serious violence on their fellow detainees. 2015, Noel 'Razor' Smith, The Criminal Alphabet: An A-Z of Prison Slang

verb

1. (transitive, chiefly Appalachia) To father; to sire.
   "Just supposin' Mister has daddied a pup here and there," said old man Rivers. "What's wrong with that? Ain't your foxhounds han'some and hard-runnin'?" "But they all pint birds," said my Pa. "Whoever heered of a foxhound pintin' birds?" 1965, Havilah Babcock, Jaybirds Go to Hell on Friday: And Other Stories
   Grieving apparently wasn't a full-time job, however, since Hank up and married a gal named Billie Jean and daddied a daughter by yet another consoler. 1997, Larry L. King, True Facts, Tall Tales, and Pure Fiction

adj

1. (slang, uncommon) Resembling or characteristic of a dad.
   In 1989, Hollywood brought us Field of Dreams, one of the daddiest dad movies ever. 15 June 2003, Jay Boyar, “Dad as dude”, in Orlando Sentinel, page F9
   Stark flinched and fired, and he wished, instead, that he’d held the revolver in the kid’s face, telling the frightened boy to drop his rifle in the loudest, deepest, daddiest voice he could muster. 2006, Barth Anderson, The Patron Saint of Plagues, Bantam Spectra, page 105
   Curiously, many of the younger dads were more comfortable saying that they listen to dad rock, while older dads were more defensive about it, despite pledging allegiance to some of the daddiest classic rock dinosaurs in the history of dads. 16 June 2014, Zach Schonfeld, “We Interviewed a Ton of Dads About Dad Rock”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2019-05-28
   “But I’m bored.” He chucked her on the chin. “It builds character.” “Ghod,” Valentine huffed. “That is the daddiest thing you could say ever. Don’t listen to him, Aliyah, all boredom ever builds is naps.” 2015, Ferrett Steinmetz [pen name; William Steinmetz], The Flux, Angry Robot
   The only music we had besides the radio were three songs Jordan had downloaded to his phone: Billy Joel’s “Vienna,” Bob Seger’s “We’ve Got Tonight,” and Bad Company’s “Bad Company”—the daddiest of all dad rock, but our only reprieve during the long stretches of static. 2017, Erin Chack, This Is Really Happening, Razorbill, page 80
   He’s the daddiest dad I’ve ever had. 2020, Sophie Labelle, My Dad Thinks I’m a Boy?!: A Trans Positive Children’s Book, London, Philadelphia, Pa.: Jessica Kingsley Publishers