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Nobodaddy|ˈnəʊbəʊdædɪ|
[Blend of nobody + daddy.]
Used by William Blake, and others after him: a disrespectful name for God, esp. when regarded anthropomorphically. Also transf., someone no longer held in esteem, and attrib.
c1793W. Blake in Compl. Writings (1972) 171 (title) To Nobodaddy. Ibid. 187 Then again old Nobodaddy swore He ne'er had seen such a thing before, Since Noah was shut in the ark. 1921G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. lxiii, It did not occur to us that Old Nobodaddy, instead of being ridiculous fiction, might be only an imposter. Ibid. p. lxvi, The moment Nobodaddy was slain by Darwin, Public Opinion, as divine deputy, lost its sanctity. 1922Joyce Ulysses 203 Whether these be sins or virtues old Nobodaddy will tell us at doomsday leet. Ibid. 388 But the braggart boaster cried that an old Nobodaddy was in his cups it was muchwhat indifferent and he would not lag behind his lead. 1926A. MacLeish (title) Nobodaddy. 1962Listener 29 Nov. 932/1 Goethe is in danger of turning into a Nobodaddy—a booming, boring member of that depressed class, the Illustrious Dead. 1976Guardian 8 Jan. 12/7, I believe we see here [sc. in the poetry of Tristan Tzara] the great Nobodaddy Dadaist losing out to the truthful inclusiveness of our women's contemporaries. |