sky daddy
nounEtymology From sky + daddy, originally in reference to the Christian conception of God the Father resident in Heaven.
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Figuratively, Slang A god.
- For starters, having an ideology that explicitly denies the existence of an invisible sky daddy is a bit of a handicap when it comes to assimilating the idea of nightmarish immortal aliens from elsewhere in the multiverse, given that the NIAs in question have historically been identified as gods (subtype: elder).2010, Charles Stross, The Fuller Memorandum (Laundry Files), New York: Penguin, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC PR6119.T79 F85 2010, page 81:
- An invisible sky daddy didn’t save all those Chilean miners; real people with science and technology got it done!2010 October 14, “Well Said”, in The Good Atheist, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2011:
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- Nature isn’t some sky daddy, it’s what makes up reality by definition.2011 November 9, Matt Bush, “Nature doesn’t care about us”, in In which I wax acerbic, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2011:
- In the book of fairy tales and myths, a big magical sky daddy delivers the populace his own flesh and blood to get horribly slain so that his resurrected son can become your imaginary bearded hippie-friend.2011, E. A. St. Amant, The New Ancien Régime, →ISBN, page 79:
- “Magic!” said Billy, clapping his hands with delight. “I talked to my sky daddy. He made a magic dream in your heart.”2011, John Leonard Köehler, Billy Blue Sky:
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Derogatory, Figuratively, Offensive God the Father.