daddy-o

noun

daddy-o

noun

UK /ˈdædɪəʊ/

Etymology From daddy + -o.

1

Dated, Informal Term of address for a man.

  • Hey daddy-o, make that type O huh? That a boy.1956, Nervous Norvus, "Transfusion" (lyrics)
  • He walks in the classroom cool and slow, / Who calls the English teacher Daddy-O?1959, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, "Charlie Brown" (lyrics)
1 more example
  • But Godot also means 'ot Dog, or the dog who is hot, and it means God-O, God as the female principle, just as Daddy-O in Hip means father who has failed, […]1959, Norman Mailer, Advertisements for Myself:

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