Meanings
plural daddy-os · alternative daddy-oh · alternative daddio
- datedinformalTerm of address for a man.
Hey daddy-o, make that type O huh? That a boy.
1956, Nervous Norvus, "Transfusion" (lyrics)2 more examples
He walks in the classroom cool and slow, / Who calls the English teacher Daddy-O?
1959, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, "Charlie Brown" (lyrics)But Godot also means 'ot Dog, or the dog who is hot, and it means God-O, God as the female principle, just as Daddy-O in Hip means father who has failed, […]
1959, Norman Mailer, Advertisements for Myself
Origin
- Englishdaddy
- Latinō
- Old Frenchoh
- Middle Englisho
- EnglishO
- Middle Englisho
- Englishoh
- Englishdaddy-o
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daddy-o. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daddy-o
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