babby
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Phonetic writing of a dialectic form of baby. Popularized in online usage by the "How is babby formed?" meme from the mid-2000s.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæbi/
- Rhymes: -æbi
- Hyphenation: bab‧by
Noun
[edit]babby (plural babbies)
Alternative forms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Irish: babaí
Translations
[edit]baby — see baby
References
[edit]- ^ “How is babby formed?”, in Know Your Meme, 2009 May 6
Further reading
[edit]- Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BABBY, sb.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 107, column 2.