sonny Jim

English

Alternative forms

• Sonny Jim (more common)

Etymology

Probably from Sunny Jim.

Noun

sonny Jim (plural sonny Jims)

1. (British, informal, dated) A familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.

   Synonyms: boyo, laddie, sonny

   • 1978, Hugh Leonard, Da: A Comedy in Two Acts:

     Don't get uppish with me, sonny Jim: you're as dead as he is.