zaddyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈzædi/
• 韻: -ædi

名詞

zaddy (plural zaddies)

1. (originally African-American Vernacular, slang) A handsome, fashionable man, especially an older man.
   • 2016, “Zaddy”, in Campaign, performed by Ty Dolla $ign:

     She keep on callin' me zaddy, that lil' baby got a fatty

   • 2023 March 18, Jo Ellison, “Have you got zaddy issues?”, in FT Weekend, page 21:

     As someone who can shoot on target, keep watch while you sleep and look smoking in a leather jacket or a sparkly, silver lurex sweater, [Pedro Pascal is] the poster boy for what the zaddy's all about.

   • 2024 August 12, May Darmon, “The Sci-Fi Rollerblades” (2:45 from the start), in Solar Opposites‎, season 5, episode 6, spoken by Terry (Thomas Middleditch):

     “Wait a minute, Bradd said his dad could beat up a dad in this family. How do we know he wasn't talking about me? I'm a dad too.” [Korvo and replicants laugh] [laughter continues] “Okay, you're right. I'm more of a zaddy than a dad.” “It's true. That was good though, Terry. I really needed that. You've energized me for an ass-kicking. Well, off to hurt a stranger.”

参照

Further reading

• “zaddy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.