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diaperhood en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈdaɪ.ə.pə.hʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdaɪ.ə.pɚ.hʊd/ (General-American)
  • /ˈdaɪ.pɚ.hʊd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From diaper + -hood.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable) The period of time for which one wears a diaper as a child; babyhood.
    • ...all this despite the fact that I was born and raised in the same Peninsula and had been trout fishing avidly almost from diaperhood. 1992, John Voelker, Trout Magic:
    • Of those teenagers who are insured and who continue to see a primary-care doctor, a vast majority remain with the pediatricians or family doctors who have cared for them since diaperhood. 2007 April 24, Jan Hoffman, “Treating the Awkward Years”, in New York Times:
    • ... "Baby's Eyes" ... "Mud-Pie Days" ... "Baby Hands" ... "Creep, Baby, Creep" ... "My Mamma Lives Up in the Sky" ... "My Mother's Kiss" ... It was the diaperhood of the Alley — a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children set to children's music. 1930, Isaac Goldberg, Tin Pan Alley:

Translations (10)

nl babytijd (period of wearing diapers) · fi vaippaikä (period of wearing diapers) · nl luiertijd (period of wearing diapers) · nn bleiealder (period of wearing diapers) · sv blöjålder (period of wearing diapers) · da blealder (period of wearing diapers) · nb bleiealder (period of wearing diapers) · eo vindotukaĝo (period of wearing diapers) · ru младе́нчество (period of wearing diapers) · ko 영아기 (period of wearing diapers)