Meaning and background
The story behind Daffy
Daffy is an English adjective for funny silliness or strangeness. Merriam-Webster presents those comic senses directly, making a playful word association supportable without relying on a particular cartoon character. A household may still intend a character tribute, but that would need separate evidence. The dictionary meaning explains the spelling’s everyday tone while avoiding an unsupported claim that it describes an actual dog’s permanent personality.
- Association
- Daffy is an English adjective for funny silliness or strangeness. Source
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About Daffy
Recorded as a dog’s name
Daffy appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dæfi/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/dæfi/ · primary stress on syllable 1D AE1 F IY0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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