babby

English

Etymology

Phonetic writing of a dialectic form of baby. Popularized in online usage by the "How is babby formed?" meme from the mid-2000s.[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbæbi/
Rhymes: -æbi
Hyphenation: bab‧by

Noun

babby (plural babbies)

(UK and US dialects, also Internet slang) A baby (human infant).

Alternative forms

babbie

Related terms

bab
babber

Descendants

→ Irish: babaí

Translations

baby — see baby

References

“How is babby formed?”, in Know Your Meme, 2009 May 6

Further reading

Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BABBY, sb.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 107, column 2.

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