"Baby Daddy"
We hear this often, but what exactly does it mean?
According to Merriam-Webster, the phrase "baby daddy" means::
"one who is not married to or in a long-term intimate relationship with the child’s mother”
According to the Urban Dictionary, the phrase...
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