superbaby

[soo-per-bey-bee]

noun

plural

superbabies 

1. an infant whose mental development and language acquisition are stimulated and presumably accelerated by certain teaching methods.

Word History and Origins

Origin of superbaby¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

She added, “I nicknamed him our ‘Superbaby.’”

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Pregnant women who have adhered to superbaby regimens announce their newborns’ perfect Apgar scores on Facebook.

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“I tried to make a superbaby,” Lanier confesses.

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“The Nobel Sperm Bank Celebrity: Since his birth, brilliant, precocious Doron Blake has symbolized the Repository for Germinal Choice. Now the ‘superbaby’ is an 18-year-old college freshman, and he’s longing to be normal,” posted March 16, 2001.

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“As much as this is a musical,” he said, “it’s like an evolved superbaby of musical and hip-hop. That’s where I come in.”

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