单词 | nobodaddy |
释义 | Nobodaddyn. (A disrespectful name for) God, esp. when regarded anthropomorphically. Also (in extended use): a person no longer held in high esteem. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > base person > [noun] houndOE hinderlingc1175 whelpc1330 vilec1400 beasta1425 dog bolt1465 shake-rag1571 vassal1589 brock1607 shag-rag1611 shack-rag1612 slubberdegullion1612 baseling1618 shag1620 shab1637 slabberdegullion1653 whiffler1659 hang-dog1693 reptile1697 Nobodaddyc1793 skunk1816 spalpeen1817 tiger1827 soap-lock1840 shake1846 white mouse1846 sweep1853 shuck1862 whiffmagig1871 scrubber1876 ullage1901 jelly bean1905 heel1914 dirty dog1928 crud1932 crut1937 klunk1942 crudball1968 scumbag1971 bawbag1999 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > name of > disrespectful name for Nobodaddyc1793 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [noun] > person no longer esteemed Nobodaddy1922 c1793 W. Blake in Compl. Writings (1972) 171 (title) To Nobodaddy. c1793 W. Blake in Compl. Writings (1972) 187 Then again old Nobodaddy swore He ne'er had seen such a thing before, Since Noah was shut in the ark. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. lxvi The moment Nobodaddy was slain by Darwin, Public Opinion, as divine deputy, lost its sanctity. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 197 Whether these be sins or virtues old Nobodaddy will tell us at doomsday leet. 1962 Listener 29 Nov. 932/1 Goethe is in danger of turning into a Nobodaddy—a booming, boring member of that depressed class, the Illustrious Dead. 1976 Guardian 8 Jan. 12/7 I believe we see here [i.e. in the poetry of Tristan Tzara] the great Nobodaddy Dadaist losing out to the truthful inclusiveness of our women's contemporaries. 1993 Newsweek 6 Sept. 51/3 Surely part of the appeal is that academic Nobodaddies say it's fringe science. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1793 |
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