babycakes
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪ.bi.keɪks/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]babycakes (uncountable)
- (US, slang) Term of endearment for a young woman.
- 1979 July 2, Billie Jean King, quotee, “Reflection on the Seedings Fills Pause at Wimbledon”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Mrs. King is delighted that there are so many Tracy Austins in professional tennis these days. She refers to them as “babycakes,” and not patronizingly.
Further reading
[edit]- “babycakes n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present