instadad

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noun

A father who runs an Instagram account focused on his child or children or fatherhood in general.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

instadad1

nouninstadad (plural instadads)

plural instadads

  1. alternativeAlternative form of insta-dad.

Instadad2

nounInstadad (plural Instadads)

plural Instadads

  1. informalA father who runs an Instagram account focused on his child or children or fatherhood in general.

    With Instadads making their mark on social media, Catherine Hudson checks out their must-haves

    2017 March, Catherine Hudson, “Who's the daddy?”, in Gurgle, page 81
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    The Instadad (@therealburrmartin) has more followers than his daughter, standing at almost 153,000.

    2018 March 1, “5 questions for...Instadad Burr Martin”, in Big Daddy, page 11

    As torchbearers for an unapologetically involved form of fatherhood, the Instadads congregate, share advice, and provide support to each other, as well as a growing audience of male and female parents on Instagram.

    2020, Mario Campana, Astrid Van den Bossche, Bryoney Miller, “#dadtribe: Performing Sharenting Labourto Commercialise Involved Fatherhood”, in Journal of Macromarketing, volume 40, number 4

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

instadad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instadad

MLA

“instadad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instadad. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instadad,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instadad.

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