- Dick Vitale declared the Owls’ Michael Harris to be the next Houston diaper-dandy.)
DIAPER-DANDY
noun; compounding
An exceptional college basketball player who is an underclassman. Dick Vitale invented this word several years ago, and annually announces his class of diaper-dandies
Etymology : formed by hyphenating diaper, to emphasize youth, & dandy, to emphasize talent
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Last modified: 10 June 2008