babby
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a modification 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]
Translations[edit]
baby — see baby
References[edit]
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. P. Putnam’s Sons, OCLC 81937840, page 107, column 2.