sugar daddy
See also: sugardaddy
English
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Etymology
[edit]Apparently from slang sugar (“money”) and colloquial daddy (“father”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]sugar daddy (plural sugar daddies)
- (slang) A man who spends money on an often younger romantic or sexual partner in order to maintain the relationship.
- 1961, Dallas McCord Reynolds, Black Man's Burden, Project Gutenberg EBook edition:
- "Huh, indeed!" Isobel answered him. "Proposing, or propositioning? If either of you two Romeos ever rattle the doorknob of my room at night again, you're apt to get a bullet through it." Jake winced. "Wasn't me. Look at my gray hair, Isobel. I'm old enough to be your daddy." "Sugar daddy, I suppose," she said mockingly.
- 2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73:
- […] Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci [street]: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.
Usage notes
[edit]- This term typically implies that there is a romantic relationship between the two.
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[edit]slang: man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
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