A puerile or affectionate British English term for a young child — the kind of word a parent or grandparent would use in a cooing, baby-talk kind of way.
A puerile or affectionate British English term for a young child — the kind of word a parent or grandparent would use in a cooing, baby-talk kind of way. It's formed by rhyming reduplication, the same process that gives us 'itsy-bitsy' or 'teeny-weeny.' In modern use it's mostly ironic — adults calling each other 'kiddy widdies' when someone acts immature or gets overly sensitive about something trivial.
Kiddy widdy is informal British slang for a child, particularly an affectionate term used by adults. Not concerning, regional vocabulary. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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Stop being such a kiddy widdy and just admit you hate losing at board games.
Kiddy widdy is informal British slang for a child, particularly an affectionate term used by adults. Not concerning, regional vocabulary. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
Kiddy widdy is British informal affectionate term for a child, often used by adults. Use in casual British contexts. Formal equivalents: "child," "little one." Common non-native mistake: using in formal contexts where it sounds patronising. The phrase is reduplication for affectionate effect, similar to "itsy bitsy." Read or listen to the word in context several times before trying it yourself; the right register is harder to learn than the dictionary meaning.
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(UK, puerile, or, endearing) a child.
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