nepo baby

[nep-oh bey-bee]

noun

1. a notable or powerful person, such as a celebrity or politican, with a parent who is also notable or powerful, especially one whose industry connections are perceived as essential to their success.

   It makes sense that he's a nepo baby, because there's no way he earned that role.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nepo baby¹

First recorded in 2022; nepo(tism) ( def. ) + baby ( def. )

Example Sentences

The nepo baby pretended that he could hang with New Yorkers, then outsourced his communications to A.I.-slop machines that insulted just about every New Yorker you can imagine, with the lowest of visual stereotypes and racist caricatures.

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But the actual medical establishment — which understands science better than a third-rate comedian, brain worm-sporting nepo baby, and guy who doesn’t realize why bleach injections are dangerous —show that the conditions that acetaminophen treats are far more dangerous to mom and baby than the hypothetical effects claimed by Kennedy.

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Debby Boone, who won — another nepo baby.

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A defining feature of the protest has been the widespread use of two slogans -#Nepo Baby and #Nepo Kids.

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If she doesn’t get knocked for supposedly being a nepo baby, De Laurentiis catches flak for the way she dresses, or her attractiveness, or her insistence on pronouncing words like spaghetti in a way that seems contrived.

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