Dilf Definition & Meaning

American

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Examples

DILF American [dilf] / dɪlf / Or dilf

noun

Slang.

1. an attractive older man, usually a father, who is regarded as a sexual object.

Etymology

Origin of DILF

D(ad) I(‘d) L(ike to) F(uck), modeled after earlier MILF

Example Sentences

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Unlike, say, Love, Simon’s Josh Duhamel, Hamilton is no DILF, and his character, Mark, is never presented as such.

From Slate

Working in a roomful of female writers, the star and her team struggle to develop a male character on “Duff and the DILF,” a play on the common “schlubby dude marries significantly more physically attractive woman who has no depth whatsoever” trope.

From Salon

The new Hamburglar is kind of a DILF.

From Time

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