babby
English
editEtymology
editPhonetic writing of a dialectic form of baby. Popularized in online usage by the "How is babby formed?" meme from the mid-2000s.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæbi/
- Rhymes: -æbi
- Hyphenation: bab‧by
Noun
editbabby (plural babbies)
Alternative forms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Irish: babaí
Translations
editbaby — see baby
References
edit- ^ “How is babby formed?”, in Know Your Meme, 2009 May 6
Further reading
edit- 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[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 107, column 2.