babby
English
Etymology
Probably a modification of baby. Popularized in online usage by the "How is babby formed?" meme from the mid-2000s.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæbi/
- Rhymes: -æbi
- Hyphenation: bab‧by
Noun
babby (plural babbies)
- (UK and US dialects, also Internet slang) A baby (human infant).
Alternative forms
- babbie
Related terms
- bab
- babber
Translations
baby — see baby
References
- “How is babby formed?”, in Know Your Meme, 2009-05-06
Further reading
- Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BABBY, sb.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, OCLC 81937840, page 107, column 2.