onesie

From the Gerber Childrenswear brand name Onesies. The name became generic and was reinterpreted as a plural, hence the new singular and decapitalized "onesie". Equivalent to one +‎ -sie.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʌn.zi/

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• Hyphenation: one‧sie

onesie (plural onesies)

1. Any of various one-piece attires
   1. (US) A one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.
   • 2023 February 2, Natalia Winkelman, “‘Baby Ruby’ Review: Enfant Terrible”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     It was once considered taboo to even suggest that new motherhood was not all sunshine onesies and rainbow mobiles, and “Baby Ruby” arrives on a welcome wave of contemporary movies exploring how the joys of child rearing can commingle with misery.

   • 2024 August 16, Natasha Dye, “Caitlin Clark Signs Indiana Fever Fan's 2-Week-Old Baby: 'So Cute'”, in People‎^[2]:

     The Fever shared a video of the meeting on X (formerly known as Twitter), where an excited Clark got to hold the young baby and sign the youngster's onesie.

   1. One-piece adult loungewear jumpsuit.
   2. One-piece fashionable streetwear worn mostly by teenagers.

• (a one-piece baby garment): romper, romper suit

• onesie-twosie

• eosine