diddumsn.

Brit.

/ˈdɪdəmz/, U.S.

/ˈdɪdəmz/

Forms: Also didums.

Etymology: = did 'em, i.e. did they (tease you, etc.)?, with addition of plural s.

An expression of commiseration addressed to a child and jocularly to an adult; hence used as a meaningless term of address to children, etc.‘Remembered by a correspondent’ in 1880 ( O.E.D. Suppl. (1933)).

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a child

chickc1330

dillydowna1500

dilling1584

dotey1663

cherub1680

dilli-darling1693

dilli-minion1693

chickabiddy?1775

chicken1809

dote1809

chick-a-diddle1826

sock-lamb1838

sock1840

childie1848

chickadee1860

doy1862

diddums1893

pumpkin1900

poopsie1937

bubele1959

1893 E. F. Benson Dodo I. vii. 142 Women who were content to pore on their baby's face..saying ‘Didums’ occasionally.

1908 Magnet 1 1 Poor little thing! He misses his mammy, you know! Diddums!

1928 Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 9 17 Where an hysteric will spend endless time consciously rejecting, say, an obscene word, the obsessional will spend the same time in an agony of confusion over a simple nursery phrase, e.g. ‘Diddums’ or ‘Ducky’.

1928 R. Macaulay Keeping up Appearances viii Sometimes they inquire..as to the past life in general of the object of their solicitude, as ‘Was he?’ or ‘Diddums?’

1961 M. Kelly Spoilt Kill ii. 109 Mr Luke gave it to me... That was his way of saying diddums to baby.

1970 B. Turner Another Little Death iv. 31 ‘Diddums,’ I said soothingly, and booted him in the backside to land headlong at her feet.

Derivatives

ˈdiddum v. rare (transitive) to say ‘diddums’ to.

ΚΠ

1926 Spectator 1 May 795/1 On being ‘diddumed’ when sleeping..it [sc. a cat] opened its eyes crossly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diddums
释义	diddumsn. Brit. /ˈdɪdəmz/, U.S. /ˈdɪdəmz/ Forms: Also didums. Etymology: = did 'em, i.e. did they (tease you, etc.)?, with addition of plural s. An expression of commiseration addressed to a child and jocularly to an adult; hence used as a meaningless term of address to children, etc.‘Remembered by a correspondent’ in 1880 ( O.E.D. Suppl. (1933)). ΘΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a child chickc1330 dillydowna1500 dilling1584 dotey1663 cherub1680 dilli-darling1693 dilli-minion1693 chickabiddy?1775 chicken1809 dote1809 chick-a-diddle1826 sock-lamb1838 sock1840 childie1848 chickadee1860 doy1862 diddums1893 pumpkin1900 poopsie1937 bubele1959 1893 E. F. Benson Dodo I. vii. 142 Women who were content to pore on their baby's face..saying ‘Didums’ occasionally. 1908 Magnet 1 1 Poor little thing! He misses his mammy, you know! Diddums! 1928 Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 9 17 Where an hysteric will spend endless time consciously rejecting, say, an obscene word, the obsessional will spend the same time in an agony of confusion over a simple nursery phrase, e.g. ‘Diddums’ or ‘Ducky’. 1928 R. Macaulay Keeping up Appearances viii Sometimes they inquire..as to the past life in general of the object of their solicitude, as ‘Was he?’ or ‘Diddums?’ 1961 M. Kelly Spoilt Kill ii. 109 Mr Luke gave it to me... That was his way of saying diddums to baby. 1970 B. Turner Another Little Death iv. 31 ‘Diddums,’ I said soothingly, and booted him in the backside to land headlong at her feet. Derivatives ˈdiddum v. rare (transitive) to say ‘diddums’ to. ΚΠ 1926 Spectator 1 May 795/1 On being ‘diddumed’ when sleeping..it [sc. a cat] opened its eyes crossly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893
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