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daddy issues

(noun)

when someone has a bad/non-existent relationship with their father or when someone has no good father figure in their life. Most common in afab/women, but can occur to any gender. Can be caused by an abusive father, a dead father, a father with anger issues, an emotionally unavailable father, etc. Someone with daddy issues might be more attracted to toxic/older men, or men that remind them of their father.

Could also be referring to the song "Daddy Issues" by The Neighbourhood.
Lilith: Ugh oml tell me why Aizawa, Hawks, and Dabi are so hot like omfg

Amanda: Girl I think you just have daddy issues-

Lilith: Oop- Anyways

Amanda: Bitch when was the last time you talked to your dad

Lilith: Bitch idk ummm 6 years ago

Amanda: Girl just go to therapy at this point
by cheezy_fucc December 4, 2020
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Daddy Issues

A girl wanting to be submissive and adored by an older guy, who will put her above all others. These Girls are generally mostly friends with guys rather then girls. They are usually rather territorial when it comes to an all male friends group and do not like other girls as a part of it.
James:"Dont invite another girl into this discord."
Hans: "Why not?"
James: "Tina will argue until she wins because she got daddy issues."
by VampireIdle June 2, 2017
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daddy issues

having a negative father-child relationship, not father-daughter, sons and children too can be affected by their fathers mistakes and messed up behaviors, during childhood, and later on in life, although most of those who do get over it tend to have wounds and truama from it, any form of abuse caused by a father figure, physically, emotionally, mentally or sexually is considered daddy issues, and every victim should be allowed to feel and heal from their problems without feeling 'invalidated' or like their problems aren't 'good enough' to speak up about, you do not have to have a physically absent father to feel this type of way.
daddy issues: mostly, is heavily sexuallized for women and over looked for men.
by h4id1h8sppl October 21, 2021
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daddy issues

a girl who had a fucked up father, is absent, or doesn’t exist. this gets them attached to men, male teachers or their male friends.

it’s hard if it’s male teachers because you get in trouble by the school for talking about them a lot and doing nice things for them cause they think you fancy them. but you don’t. you just have daddy issues.
SLT: “do you fancy mr…?”
me: “no i have daddy issues
by moviekidd1218 July 5, 2022
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daddy issues

people who have deadbeat or emotionally absent fathers so they turn to sexual affection. they are more often girls and they most likely have a rape fantasy.
-I like it brutal, maybe it's the daddy issues.
by FIDLARsdead April 6, 2016
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Daddy Issues

A condition in which a girl has unprocessed

trauma from having an unhealthy relationship

with her father she may become placating
and deferential if she grew up around a wolf.
I’ve got insecure attachment probably from unresolved Daddy issues.”,

“Could it be that I keep dating assholes because of my Daddy issues?”
by poetB March 14, 2022
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Daddy Issues

When a woman usually of the emo variety has an abusive / absent father in their life. The result of this usually makes the woman tend to go for an older man or an abusive one depending on the type of father they had.
“That white bitch Paulina so fucked up bro her daddy issues makin’ her go for some frat house abusive prick!”
by momfindpoopsock October 18, 2023
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