manbaby

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noun

A childishly whiny man; a man child.

OriginEnglish baby ← Middle English baby ← Old English *baba →
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Meanings

nounmanbaby (plural manbabies)

plural manbabies

  1. derogatoryinformalA childishly whiny man; a man child.

    I happen to enjoy sex very much. (Occasionally a little too much.) But I wouldn't with a snivelling manbaby who spends all his waking hours, on-line, whining about how life has fucked him over.

    2003, catb...@fwiw.com, “What women want”, in alt.romance (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
man child

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  2. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  4. Old Englishmann
  5. Middle Englishman
  6. Englishman
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  8. Proto-Germanic*bō-redup.
  9. Proto-Germanic*babô
  10. Proto-West Germanic*babō
  11. Old English*baba
  12. Middle Englishbabe
  13. Middle Englishbaby
  14. Englishbaby
  15. Englishmanbaby

From man + baby.

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Cite this entry
APA

manbaby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manbaby

MLA

“manbaby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manbaby. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manbaby,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manbaby.

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