sonny Jim

noun

A familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.

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Meanings

nounsonny Jim (plural sonny Jims)

plural sonny Jims · alternative Sonny Jim

  1. UKdatedinformalA familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.

    Don't get uppish with me, sonny Jim: you're as dead as he is.

    1978, Hugh Leonard, Da: A Comedy in Two Acts

    Synonyms: boyo, laddie, sonny

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.

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boyoladdiesonny

Origin

Probably from Sunny Jim.

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APA

sonny Jim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonny%20Jim

MLA

“sonny Jim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonny%20Jim. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sonny Jim,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonny%20Jim.

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