nepo baby

English

Alternative forms

• nepobaby, nepo-baby

Etymology

Compare nepo (“nepotism”).

Noun

nepo baby (plural nepo babies)

1. (slang, derogatory) Clipping of nepotism baby.
   • 2022 August 22, Elise Seyfried, “Does Brooklyn Peltz Beckham know it’s possible to be a nepo baby without being unbearable”, in The Independent‎^[1]:

     Speaking of nepo (nepotism) babies — because these days everybody is — meet Brooklyn Peltz Beckham. Now, in case you don’t know the term, nepo babies are the offspring of rich, famous and/or powerful people; Mr Beckham, son of sports superstar David and Spice Girl Victoria, is a prime example.

   • 2022 November 24, Susie Lau, “Bubble rap: Susie Lau weighs in on the nepo baby debate...”, in ES Magazine‎^[2]:

     […] and the second is ‘nepobabies’. The latter is basically nepotism dressed up with a Tik Tok-friendly hashtag that’s recently made headlines. A quick search yields thousands of naming and shaming takedowns of examples of nepobabies in Hollywood, fashion and beyond.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nepo baby.

Translations

nepotism baby

• Russian: непо-бейби (nepo-bejbi), непо бэби (nepo bɛbi)
• Turkish: kohumbala (tr)