diaper sniffer

• (rare) diapersniffer, diaper-sniffer

From diaper +‎ sniffer.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ(ə)pɚˌsnɪfɚ/
• Hyphenation: dia‧per sniff‧er, di‧a‧per sniff‧er

diaper sniffer (plural diaper sniffers) (Canada, US)

2. (slang, derogatory) Term of abuse.
   • 1996 July 31, @PROSCAN782, “FCC Spectrum Allocation”, in rec.radio.scanner‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Yeah, like an illterate diaper sniffer like you would know that!

   • 2003 June 15, Angry_Mime, “anal sex?”, in calgary.general‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Who are you talking to, you top-posting diaper-sniffer? Are you another shitcake who pretends to be tolerant, but really only promnotes^[sic] his own fucked-up agenda?

   • 2011 February 9, POGO PUNY, 24hoursupport.helpdesk‎^[3] (Usenet):

     What is it with u dirty diaper sniffers?
     
     Do you all get together and huff each other's pissed panties?
     
     ya know that gives YOU terminal brain damage as you keep proving 2 us all

   • 2019 September 20, @GunsnSandwitchs, Twitter‎^[4]:

     Ok Diaper sniffer^[sic] they just spent 40 million looking for crimes and didn't find any. So good luck with that.

   • 2025 December 28, @Gilded_Piglin, Twitter‎^[5]:

     Trump is paying for it himself
     
     Besides we wouldn't be in dept^[sic] if you liberals didn't buy circumcisions for gaza^[sic] or whatever you diaper sniffers did that out^[sic] us in dept
     
     Retarded ass people I swear

4. (slang, derogatory, sometimes euphemistic, uncommon) A pedophile or child molester; a diaper sniper.
   • 2003 January 18, Dan Parrell, “IS IT POSSIBLE?”, in nf.general‎^[6] (Usenet):

     Do you think it would be possible to form a group within the NG here, to expose people and sites that contain child porn? The radio has been full of this lately and I didn't realize that there were that many diaper sniffers out there.

   • 2008, Cintra Wilson, Caligula for President: Better American Living Through Tyranny, Bloomsbury, page 32:

     News from Thailand that a soft-fingered, doe-eyed, pastel-cardigan-wearing diaper-sniffer named John Mark Karr confessed to the murder of America's favorite dead, oversexed toddler: JonBenet Ramsey.

   • 2018 January 30, @AltLife93, Twitter‎^[7]:

     Think he should've let one of the victims blow his brains 🧠 out with a shotgun. At least no one has to waste tax dollars on defending a diaper sniffer!?!

   • 2024 December 24, unchaind08, Twitter‎^[8]:

     You're an idiot! He's a fucking pedo and we all know it! They're all diaper sniffers, and she did quote it in her fkn diary! Keep lying to yourself because you don't wanna feel shame for defending your support for a currupt child sniffing piece of shit!

   • 2025 July 16, @ComedyFan1981, Twitter‎^[9]:

     @GOP now officially stands for Guardians of Pedos . How in the fuck do you vote against releasing the Epstein files?
     
     How many senators are on the list? Are @SecRubio and @SenTedCruz diaper sniffers?

6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see diaper,‎ sniffer (i.e. someone who sniffs diapers as a method of conducting a diaper check).