dadness
nounEtymology From dad + -ness.
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Informal The state, quality, or condition of being a dad; the essence of dads and dadhood.
- He cut back on the dad jokes this evening because the kids and their friends were having a serious conversation and his usual level of dadness would have seemed out of place.
- I'm doing a thing now about dadness—you know, when you reach dadness fully, no one in your family can hurt your feelings anymore, because you don't have feelings anymore.2015, Judd Apatow, Sick in the Head, page 189: