mack daddy

noun

1
slang : a conspicuously successful pimp
2
slang : a slick womanizer
3
slang : one that is the best

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The mack daddy of Mac compatibility USB-C Does the MacTigr work with Windows? Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2022 But there is evil afoot in Jellicleville: The scheming mack daddy known as Macavity (an outrageously seductive Idris Elba) is trying to sabotage the event by cat-napping Jellicles and transporting them to a barge on the Thames. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Dec. 2019

Word History

Etymology

argot mac, mack pimp, probably short for obsolete argot mackerel, from Middle English makerel, from Anglo-French makerelle procuress, ultimately from Middle Dutch mākelaer broker

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mack daddy was in 1964

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“Mack daddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mack%20daddy. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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