onesie

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Baby wearing a onesie.

Etymology

From the Gerber Childrenswear brand name Onesies. The name became generic and was reinterpreted as a plural, hence the new singular and decapitalized "onesie". Equivalent to one +‎ -sie.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwʌn.zi/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: one‧sie

Noun

onesie (plural onesies)

  1. Name given to a number of one-piece attires
    1. (US) A one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.
    • 2023 February 2, Natalia Winkelman, “‘Baby Ruby’ Review: Enfant Terrible”, in The New York Times:
      It was once considered taboo to even suggest that new motherhood was not all sunshine onesies and rainbow mobiles, and “Baby Ruby” arrives on a welcome wave of contemporary movies exploring how the joys of child rearing can commingle with misery.
    • 2024 August 16, Natasha Dye, “Caitlin Clark Signs Indiana Fever Fan's 2-Week-Old Baby: 'So Cute'”, in People:
      The Fever shared a video of the meeting on X (formerly known as Twitter), where an excited Clark got to hold the young baby and sign the youngster's onesie.
    1. One-piece adult loungewear jumpsuit.
    2. One-piece fashionable streetwear worn mostly by teenagers.

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References

  1. ^ onesie”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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