sky daddy
See also: skydaddy
English
Alternative forms
- skydaddy, Sky Daddy, Skydaddy
Etymology
From sky + daddy, originally in reference to the Christian conception of God the Father resident in Heaven.
Noun
sky daddy (plural sky daddies)
- (slang) A god, especially (derogatory, possibly offensive) God the Father.
- Synonyms: sky fairy; see also Thesaurus:god
- 2010, Stross, Charles, The Fuller Memorandum (Laundry Files), New York: Penguin, →ISBN, LCCN 2010013534, LCC PR6119.T79 F85 2010, page 81:
- 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 October 14, “Well Said”, in The Good Atheist:
- An invisible sky daddy didn’t save all those Chilean miners; real people with science and technology got it done!
- 2011 November 9, Bush, Matt, “Nature doesn’t care about us”, in In which I wax acerbic:
- Nature isn’t some sky daddy, it’s what makes up reality by definition.
- 2011, St. Amant, E. A., The New Ancien Régime, →ISBN, page 79:
- 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, Köehler, John Leonard, Billy Blue Sky:
- “Magic!” said Billy, clapping his hands with delight. “I talked to my sky daddy. He made a magic dream in your heart.”
Usage notes
The use of the mundane sky and extremely familiar daddy in place of lofty terms such as God in Heaven or God the Father is intended disrespectfully, mocking (and potentially offending) those who might believe in such a figure.