Dadness

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being a dad; the essence of dads and dadhood. informal, uncountable

    "He cut back on the dad jokes this evening because the kids and their friends were having a serious conversation and his usual level of dadness would have seemed out of place."

Synonyms

All synonyms
daddyhooddadhoodfatherhoodfathershippapashippaternity

Example

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"He cut back on the dad jokes this evening because the kids and their friends were having a serious conversation and his usual level of dadness would have seemed out of place."

Etymology

From dad + -ness.

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