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kiddo
[ kid-oh ]
noun
- Informal. (used as a familiar form of address.)
Example Sentences
âIf youâre in the grocery store and youâve got a kiddo in the cart, and youâre trying to go up and down the aisles and check out, what is the feasibility of actually making that work?â said Jaclyn Bowen, executive director of the Clean Label Project, an organization that certifies baby foods as having low levels of toxins.
Valadez invited him to visit her office off the shore of Clear Lake, to her tightknit community where the security guard at the courthouse next door calls entrants âkiddo.â
âWe can almost look at each other and know, âHey, youâre onto something, kiddo.'â
âWhen I walked into his office, he asked me, âHey, kiddo.
Nearly every date I had been on had involved some version of the âI was once you, kiddoâ speech.
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More About Kiddo
What doesĚýkiddo mean?
Kiddo is an informal way to refer to or address a child or a person whoâs younger than the speaker. It can be used for a person of any gender.
Itâs typically intended to imply familiarity or affection. Itâs especially used as a familiar way to address oneâs own child or grandchild.
Kiddo is most often used in greetings or friendly speech, as in Hey there, kiddo or Weâll get âem next time, kiddo.Ěý ĚýĚý
Kiddo is also often used as a more informal synonym for kid, as in Grandpa is spending time with the kiddos down at the lake.Ěý
Kiddo can sometimes be used to imply that a person is inexperienced or lacks wisdom, as in Look, kiddo, leave this one to the professionals.
Example: Are you ready for the trip to Disneyland with your dad, kiddo?
Where doesĚýkiddo come from?
The first records of the word kiddo come from the 1880s. It comes from kid, meaning âa child or young person,â and the suffix
Kiddo is an informal way to refer to or address a child or a person whoâs younger than the speaker. It can be used for a person of any gender.
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Itâs typically intended to imply familiarity or affection. Itâs especially used as a familiar way to address oneâs own child or grandchild.
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Kiddo is most often used in greetings or friendly speech, as in Hey there, kiddo or Weâll get âem next time, kiddo.Ěý ĚýĚý
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Kiddo is also often used as a more informal synonym for kid, as in Grandpa is spending time with the kiddos down at the lake.Ěý
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Kiddo can sometimes be used to imply that a person is inexperienced or lacks wisdom, as in Look, kiddo, leave this one to the professionals.
Example: Are you ready for the trip to Disneyland with your dad, kiddo?, used to make informal words such as bucko and neato.
A person called a kiddo may not actually be a young person. It is not unusual for an older person to affectionately refer to their adult child as kiddo. However, it would be considered strange or rude for a younger person to address an older person as kiddo.
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What are some other forms related to kiddo?
- kiddos (plural)
- kiddoes (plural)
What are some synonyms for kiddo?
What are some words that share a root or word element with kiddo?Ěý
What are some words that often get used in discussing kiddo?
How isĚýkiddo used in real life?
Kiddo is often used as an affectionate word for a child or young person. But it can also be used to imply a person is inexperienced.
Like this nanny job I get to do my homework for 4 hours while this kiddo sleeps
â mariah gutierrez (@__mariahceleste)
Finished my last 20 miler for . Fabulous weather & I felt great. Loved getting a high 5 from a random cute kiddo by Lake Calhoun!
â Ellen McNamara (@EllenKCTV5)
listen here kiddo, if you're wearing Heely's, don't act like you're better than me.
â ria ⨠(@vicksta48)
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Try usingĚýkiddo!
Is kiddo used correctly in the following sentence?
You might be small now, but just wait a few years and youâll be taller than your old man, kiddo.
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