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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

babby (plural babbies)

1. (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

Further reading

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