Meanings
plural dadications
- countableuncountablefatherly dedication
Dadication's What You Need!
2011 May 26, Paul Barker, The Book of Dad, illustrated, reprint edition, HarperCollins UK, →ISBN3 more examples
They will work overtime to ensure their kids get the best education. And they will mow down the guy who got the last Elmo doll in he Toys R Us parking lot with their Ford F-150s. And then they'll brag about it on Facebook. That's dadication.
2013 April 2, Blair Koenig, STFU, Parents: The Jaw-Dropping, Self-Indulgent, and Occasionally Rage-Inducing World of Parent Overshare, Penguin, →ISBNdadication = dad + dedication
2023 March 21, Charlotte Smith, Portmanteaus and More: Let's Have Some Fun with English, Archway Publishing, →ISBNDadication. Becoming a father in 2019 with the birth of my first daughter is where the deep desire for Geek to Outdoorsman truly began.
2023 December 12, Elwin Kline, “Introduction”, in Geek 2 Outdoors - Hunting, Elwin M Kline III, page 14
Origin
Blend of dad + dedication.
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dadication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dadication
“dadication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dadication. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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