︎diddy
n.— «Per Dieums are known in the US entertainment industry now as “P Diddys”—ie “what did you spend your Diddys” on? Or “the Diddys in this job are stingy.”» —“Things to make you go hmmn” Popbitch (U.K.) Sept. 15, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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