treat like a Make-A-Wish kid

verb

To treat with undue patience or kindness, avoiding causing offense.

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Meanings

verbtreat like a Make-A-Wish kid (third-person singular simple present treats like a Make-A-Wish kid, present participle treating like a Make-A-Wish kid, simple past and past participle treated like a Make-A-Wish kid)

present singular third person treats like a Make-A-Wish kid · participle present treating like a Make-A-Wish kid · participle past treated like a Make-A-Wish kid · past treated like a Make-A-Wish kid

  1. derogatoryslangtransitivesimileTo treat with undue patience or kindness, avoiding causing offense.

    If they don't stop treating Klay like a make a wish kid, they never going to be more than a playin team. Simple

    2023 December 7, @BK9419, Twitter
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    Ijbol diplomats have clocked that Trump will let you do anything as long as you treat him like a make a wish kid

    2025 September 17, @NIMBYSlayer_69, Twitter

Origin

Referring to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, associated with fulfilling wishes of terminally ill children, the implication being that only such children would deserve such pleasant treatment.

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APA

treat like a Make-A-Wish kid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treat%20like%20a%20Make-A-Wish%20kid

MLA

“treat like a Make-A-Wish kid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treat%20like%20a%20Make-A-Wish%20kid. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “treat like a Make-A-Wish kid,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treat%20like%20a%20Make-A-Wish%20kid.

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