diddy

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diddy¹

  • /ˈdɪdi/ Canada, US

Sounds like ditty (t-flapping) · Rhymes with -ɪdi

Where it comes from

Variant of titty. Attested from the late eighteenth century.

noun diddies

  1. slang A woman's breast. It’s what they call a roany bush. Well, it’s green now, but in a month’s time it’ll be as red as a fox’s diddy, and you wouldn’t know it for berries growing all over it.
  2. Ireland, UK, informal A fool, a tit. Hell, I almost regret editing out my original miss-spelling of the word 'literacy', since your sense of humour seems to be in need of some assistance, and that would have been a classic, one-off opportunity not only to make me look a right diddy, but to finally prove that Americans do understand iro

adjective diddier · diddiest

  1. UK, informal Very small, tiny. Me mither mend't me auld breeks, / But ay! but they were diddy;

diddy²

  • /ˈdɪdi/ Canada, US

Sounds like ditty (t-flapping) · Rhymes with -ɪdi

Where it comes from

Likely from Romani didikai; compare didicoy.

noun diddies

  1. UK, slang A gypsy. Real Gypsies despise them and call them ' diddikais — dirty diddies,' and half the sins laid at their door have been committed by these diddikais.

diddy³

  • /ˈdaɪ.di/ US
  • /ˈdɪdi/ Canada, US

Sounds like ditty (t-flapping) · Rhymes with -ɪdi

noun diddies

  1. Canada, US, alternative, childish, rare Alternative form of didie (“a diaper”).

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@misc{diddy_2026,
  title = {diddy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/diddy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}