baby daddy

Etymology
African-American Vernacular English (General American would be baby's daddy) 1990s, popularized 2000s; compare. Possibly from or influenced by same term in Jamaican English, from, alternatively due simply to grammatical similarities between AAVE and.

Noun

 * 1)  Father of child in common, particularly one who did not marry the mother and provides little or no support for the mother and child.
 * 2) * 2004,, Senate victory speech, November 2, 2004:
 * My baby’s daddy, [sic] Barack Obama.
 * My baby’s daddy, [sic] Barack Obama.

Usage notes
As with, contentious usage – sometimes used neutrally as a casual term, regardless of marriage status, particularly in the tabloid press, or as a term of endearment, as in Obama quote above. Often considered pejorative, particularly if applied to unmarried black parents – if used by one parent of the other, can imply “child in common but no meaningful relationship”, while if used by outsiders, can imply disapproval of children born out of wedlock; see “baby mama” citations. More formal variants include “baby’s daddy” and “baby’s father”; in formal usage “father of one’s child” is preferred.