babby
See also: Babby
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Popularized in online usage by the "How is babby formed?" meme from the mid-2000s.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæ.bi/
- Rhymes: -æbi
- Hyphenation: bab‧by
Noun
babby (plural babbies)
- (UK, US, also Internet slang) Pronunciation spelling of baby
Related terms
Descendants
- → Irish: babaí
Translations
baby — see baby
References
- ^ “How is babby formed?”, in Know Your Meme, 6 May 2009
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[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 107, column 2.