Sonny Jimn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌnɪ ˈdʒɪm/, U.S.

/ˌsəni ˈdʒɪm/, Australian English

/ˌsʌni ˈdʒɪm/, New Zealand English

/ˌsʌni ˈdʒɪm/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element and occasionally in the second element.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Sunny Jim n.

Etymology: Alteration of Sunny Jim n., after sonny n.

Chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand.

A familiar form of address to a man; = Sunny Jim n. 2. Cf. sonny n., sonny boy n. at sonny n. Compounds.Often with patronizing connotations, or in the context of reproof.The use in quot. 1902 is probably coincidental, though it is just possibly a play on the name of the character Sunny Jim, who first appeared in advertisements in summer 1902. Sonny Jim was also the name of the child hero (the son of ‘Daddy Jim’) of several films shown in 1914–15.

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the world > people > person > man > [noun] > as a form of address

lordOE

wye1340

gentleman1534

old fellow1567

gaff1573

godhood1586

gaffer1590

dad1605

daddy1681

hearty1735

cock-of-wax1790

governor1819

bub1839

smarty1847

doc1870

guy1876

Sunny Jim1903

big guy1910

chief1927

daddy-o1944

pops1944

tosh1954

Sonny Jim1960

ese1961

majita1963

G1990

mi'jito1990

1902 Brandon (Manitoba) Weekly Sun 16 July His father has always been known on the diamond as ‘Jim’. The boy will be called ‘Sonny Jim’.]

1960 D. Storey This Sporting Life i. v. 127 ‘All right, all right! Don't preach, sonny. Hey!’ she calls to the M.P. ‘Hey sonnyjim! What kinda car has Arthur Machin got?’

1977 ‘Z. Stone’ Paper Money xx. 117 I know your type—drive like a hooligan and let the insurance pay. I'm having you up, Sonny Jim.

1999 BBC Top Gear Mag. June 110/1 So you can forget any ideas of hopping out of civvies straight into a high-speed jam sandwich, sonny Jim.

2016 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 6 Feb. 6 Don't you worry about that, Sonny Jim, just sign on the dotted line.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sonny jim
释义	Sonny Jimn. Brit. /ˌsʌnɪ ˈdʒɪm/, U.S. /ˌsəni ˈdʒɪm/, Australian English /ˌsʌni ˈdʒɪm/, New Zealand English /ˌsʌni ˈdʒɪm/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element and occasionally in the second element. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Sunny Jim n. Etymology: Alteration of Sunny Jim n., after sonny n. Chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand. A familiar form of address to a man; = Sunny Jim n. 2. Cf. sonny n., sonny boy n. at sonny n. Compounds.Often with patronizing connotations, or in the context of reproof.The use in quot. 1902 is probably coincidental, though it is just possibly a play on the name of the character Sunny Jim, who first appeared in advertisements in summer 1902. Sonny Jim was also the name of the child hero (the son of ‘Daddy Jim’) of several films shown in 1914–15. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > as a form of address lordOE wye1340 gentleman1534 old fellow1567 gaff1573 godhood1586 gaffer1590 dad1605 daddy1681 hearty1735 cock-of-wax1790 governor1819 bub1839 smarty1847 doc1870 guy1876 Sunny Jim1903 big guy1910 chief1927 daddy-o1944 pops1944 tosh1954 Sonny Jim1960 ese1961 majita1963 G1990 mi'jito1990 1902 Brandon (Manitoba) Weekly Sun 16 July His father has always been known on the diamond as ‘Jim’. The boy will be called ‘Sonny Jim’.] 1960 D. Storey This Sporting Life i. v. 127 ‘All right, all right! Don't preach, sonny. Hey!’ she calls to the M.P. ‘Hey sonnyjim! What kinda car has Arthur Machin got?’ 1977 ‘Z. Stone’ Paper Money xx. 117 I know your type—drive like a hooligan and let the insurance pay. I'm having you up, Sonny Jim. 1999 BBC Top Gear Mag. June 110/1 So you can forget any ideas of hopping out of civvies straight into a high-speed jam sandwich, sonny Jim. 2016 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 6 Feb. 6 Don't you worry about that, Sonny Jim, just sign on the dotted line. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1960
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