What Does "Dada Man" Mean on TikTok?

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Trend expert & TikTok influencer Shayan Faraz explains what this viral joke means and how it's used

Co-authored by Luke Smith, MFA Reviewed by Shayan Faraz

Last Updated: February 16, 2026 Fact Checked

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If you’re here, you’ve probably seen TikTokers calling each "Dada Man" and talking to each other like babies, but why are they doing it? Where did it come from? It’s basically just a way to tease your friends by putting on a baby voice, but we talked to trend expert and TikTok influencer Shayan Faraz to find out more about what it means. Plus, we'll tell you who started it and how to do it yourself.

Dada Man Explanation

Trend expert and TikTok influencer Shayan Faraz says that "Dada Man" is a new TikTok trend where users talk in a baby voice and call each other "Dada Man" to get on their nerves. It was started by TikTokers risky2funny and ItsMoneyy in videos where risky2funny teases ItsMoneyy, who reacts in a funny, irritated way.

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What does "Dada Man" mean?

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   "Dada Man" is a jokey, baby-talk nickname used to irritate someone. Faraz explains that “‘Dada Man’ is a new TikTok trend and phrase where men jokingly speak to each other in exaggerated baby voices [and] playfully commentate and narrate over the activities their friends are doing.” He says that it can “feel emasculating to a degree, which is part of the humor.”

   • "Dada" is how young kids or babies tend to say "dad" or "daddy," and people sometimes respond by calling them "Dada Man." It’s a silly way to tease someone by acting like they’re a child, and it’s most popular in Black TikTok communities.
   • Faraz shares these examples of how the phrase might be used:
     • “Ooh Dada Man got his bread.”
     • “Dada Man ready to eat.”
     • “You so bad, Dada Man.”

   Meet the wikiHow Expert

   Shayan Faraz (or Chum as he’s known online) is a trend expert & TikTok influencer with over 35,000 followers on his TikTok page @chummertok. His videos analyze internet culture and viral trends.
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Where did "Dada Man" come from?

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   The Dada Man trend was started by TikTokers @risky2funny and @ItsMoneyy. The users are brothers who often tease and make fun of each other on their TikTok pages. On September 1, 2025, @risky2funny posted a TikTok video of himself waking up @ItsMoneyy by poking him and saying, "Hey Dada Man!" as though @ItsMoneyy were a baby. @risky2funny began posting similar videos, the videos gained traction, and the trend began spreading across TikTok.

   • Other videos show @risky2funny poking fun at @ItsMoneyy while he eats, and other friends. Many of them involve the target of the teasing lashing out or reacting, which @risky2money explains in another video is all for fun.
   • @risky2money explains in the same video that baby talk like this isn’t "a skit," but "just playing with my brother," and that "baby talk has been around Black culture for all our lives."
   • Other users’ videos involving "Dada Man" jokes have gotten popular, like a video of user @mula getting called "Dada Man" on the street, or a compilation video of a university student getting called "Dada Man" in the food court.
   • "Dada Man" is also a character in skits by Burn Poe Entertainment on YouTube, dating back to 2023. Here, it’s used to add humor to a young character, but not in the teasing, practical joke way @risky2funny uses it in.
   • Faraz also points out these TikTok videos by inthebin73, notlilcoop, and hadtofindaway as popular examples of the Dada Man trend—plus this video by ttvclipmania which explains how people feel about being called Dada Man.

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Using "Dada Man"

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   Call your friends "Dada Man" in a baby voice to tease them. There’s nothing to it; you may have already jokingly baby-talked your friends before. So next time you want to rile their nerves, just call them "Dada Man," lay on the baby speak, and start praising them like they’re a little kid who just did something for the first time. Just be sure to ease up if you really hit a nerve.

   • Example: "Dada Man did so good at school today! Dada Man gets a sticker!"
   • Example: "Woah there, Dada Man, that’s not nice! No name-calling! Go to your room!"
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