fairy godparent

Definitions

Gender-neutral equivalent of fairy godmother.

Examples

“Tracking his movements in the wild, as he crashes karaoke parties and kickball games, has become⟳ an online pastime; Mr. Murray himself has become⟳ the folkloric equivalent of a leprechaun or fairy godparent, popping up at unpredictable yet opportune moments.”

“Foremost in my mind⟳ is the breakout scene in 1960's "Cinderfella," his comic telling of the classic fairy tale in which a mistreated stepchild is granted his wish⟳ to go to the ball by a fairy godparent — in this iteration, a fairy godfather played magnificently by Ed Wynn.”

““Ragged Dick” was good because it had jokes, villains, the eros of accumulation, the soft bed after the hard streets, the fairy godparent who arrives in the nick of time.”

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