fairy godparent

By analogy with fairy godmother.

fairy godparent (plural fairy godparents)

1. Gender-neutral equivalent of fairy godmother.

   Hyponyms: fairy godfather, fairy godmother

   • 2012 November 28, Dave Itzkoff, “With Bill Murray, Just Take the Trip”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 November 2012:

     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.

   • 2017 August 21, Randy Lewis, “Jerry Lewis often scored laughs with a major assist from his musical expertise”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 August 2017:

     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.

   • 2022 April 5, Lydia Kiesling, “Rags-to-Riches Stories Are Actually Kind of Disturbing”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 April 2022:

     “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.