# "Who's your daddy?" early usage

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 4, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-early-usage/248604 "2004-06-04T12:14:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-early-usage/248604/1 "2004-06-04T12:14:01Z")

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Did that phrase appear in _Cat on a Hot Tin Roof_ ?  
Would have been said by (Big Daddy (Burl Ives) to his daughter (Elizibeth Taylor) whenever he wanted “some sugar”, and she would give him a hug and kiss him.