Heard on Springer: _baby daddy_, etc. (UNCLASSIFIED)

[victor steinbok]

More like Metamucil Daddy, but it doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

VS-)

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

>
> I was going to suggest that a Splenda daddy might be used for someone
> who was masquerading  as a sugar daddy but before posting I thought
> of checking on urbandictionary and sure enough:
>
> 'A man who strives to be a Sugar Daddy but just doesn't have the
> funds to pull it off.'
> 'A man who is willing to be a sugar daddy, but has a serious lack of
> funds.'
>
> And various sites offer "Splenda Daddy" T-shirts and other
> paraphernalia, but without a gloss.
>
> LH

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