sugar baby

[shoog-er bey-bee]

noun

Slang.

1. a younger person who provides romantic companionship or sexual intimacy to a wealthy older person in return for gifts or financial support.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar baby¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

So, I had an idea of Chelsea and Rick from those two scenes, which was that it’s a kind of sugar baby thing.

From Los Angeles Times

In her heavy, charming drawl, she calls herself “a sugar baby without the sugar,” one who vows to avoid any IRL dates until she’s 25.

From Los Angeles Times

Aitken also captures the emotional work as Masear uses her skills to save an injured bird, like Sugar Baby, whose wings are deteriorating because of human abuse.

From Salon

He said he also believed that she was working as a sugar baby - paid for romantic involvement with wealthy and powerful men who were also paying for the flat they shared together.

From BBC

Many would be tempted by the sweet Sugar Baby watermelons, Mr. Price predicted while drinking Milo’s sweet tea from a dripping gallon jug.

From New York Times