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NEW SLANG: Zaddy — Why Is It a Thing? | NBC Left Field
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May 16, 2019
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2:55Now Playing"Zaddy" is a uniquely modern twist on "daddy," meaning a dude with swagger or style. Sometimes words just sound nice. And if they sound nice, we use them. But in order for a word like "zaddy" to spread, some other forces had to be at play. "Zaddy" is a product of those cultural forces, a word that brings 100 years’ worth of history into the 21st century.
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