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mack daddy, n. U.S. slang (orig. in African-American usage).
Brit. |makˈdadi|, U.S. |ˌmækˈdædi|
Forms: α. 19– MacDaddy, 19– Mac Daddy, 19– McDaddy; β. 19– macdaddy, 19– Mack Daddy, 19– mack daddy, 19– mack-daddy
[Probably ‹mack n.3 + daddy n., in α forms apparently after Mc- comb. form.]
1. A successful pimp or criminal, esp. one who acts or dresses in a way regarded as (stereotypically) characteristic of such a person; (hence, more generally) any person who acts or dresses in this way.
In early use as the nickname of the protagonist of an anonymous African-American narrative poem.
1964in R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle ii. iv. 162 Now Dillinger, Slick Willie Sutton, all them fellows is gone, Left you, the Great MacDaddy to carry on. 1964in R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle ii. iv. 163 Here you are MacDaddy, here's your coat. 1973J. A. McPherson in C. Major Calling Wind (1993) 360 He was a strong talker, a easy walker,..a woman stalker! the last true son of the Great McDaddy. 1990‘Cold 187um’ & ‘K. M. G.’ Livin' Like Hustlers (song) in L. A. Stanley Rap: the Lyrics (1992) 1, I take too many names, I kick too much ass K.M.G., the number-one mack daddy Eatin' chicken like a motherfucker, rollin' in my Caddy. 1992N. George Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos (1994) II. 149 He is sporting a big brimmed, old school mack daddy hat. 1996Village Voice (N.Y.) 19 Mar. 14/4 Once there, the weapon vendors find that..‘Everybody want to be a mack daddy with a gun.’ 2001N.Y. Times 13 May ii. 20/3 Failing to see the pimp in him, critics..linked Miles to a world of ‘blue moods’,..not the world of..the humorous, wolf-whistle, mack-daddy blues.
2. A supremely successful, respected, or influential person; spec. a man who is extremely attractive to or sexually successful with women, a playboy.
1991‘Prince’ et al. Jughead (song) in J. Pearl Diamonds & Pearls 58 ‘Mack daddy in the house over there What u doin' dawg?’ ‘Gettin' busy.’ 1995Essence Apr. 44/1, I once aspired to be a ‘mack daddy’. I didn't necessarily want to sleep with every female I saw, but I wanted to improve my score. 1999Ebony Oct. 168/1 Rock..remembers..staying up late on school nights to watch the Tonight Show. ‘Especially when Bill Cosby used to host..’, Rock says. ‘He was like so cool. He was a Mac Daddy back then.’ 2002Hispanic Mar. 38/1 Sexaholix, which traced his libido, from first fumblings to mack daddy status, was as comical as it was searing.
3. fig. A person who or thing which is considered a supreme or model example of something. Usu. followed by of.
1993Los Angeles Times (Orange County ed.) 15 Jan. e4/4 The Mac Daddy shop of them all, this 8,500-square-foot store is the third home in the past decade for Electric Chair. 1995UNC-CH Campus Slang (Univ. N.Carolina, Chapel Hill) (typescript) Apr. 7 Jordan is the macdaddy when it comes to basketball. 1999Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 15 Oct. The ‘Mac Daddy of college sailing’..with 4,000 students who all know how to sail, a fleet of boats,..and a long history of dominating collegiate sailing. 2001Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness Apr. 60/1 Squats, the exercise I consider the mack daddy of mass-building motions. |