What's that one word that means "a man taking care of another man's child"?
It could be a man who's raising a child of his girlfriend who bore a child from her previous lover. It's not "bastard", is it?

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Ashyah

27 Nov 2020

English (US)

Its called a “stepdad”

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Yapzzkin

27 Nov 2020

Filipino

That's one way of calling the guy, but I remember another word for it. Sometimes we use it as an insult like "chump" or "simp" or something. Got any clue?

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Yapzzkin

27 Nov 2020

Filipino

idk why but this has been bothering over the last 2 days. I'm starting to feel frustrated for not remembering until now.

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OwLeho

27 Nov 2020

English (US)

Adopting, maybe? Adopting a step-child. Raising the child as if it was his own. Most of those are for when it is long-term helping to raise the child, as they become a family together. Sometimes people will also use the phrase 'stepping up' meaning that he is showing extra responsibility, stepping up to the challenge of being a father to a child that he 'didn't have to' because it was not his child by blood. But that he did it anyways, so this is considered very admirable and responsible of him.

A bastard is something else. A 'bastard' child is not as common a term anymore, but historically it meant a child who was born outside of wedlock, (which means the man was not married to the woman when she birthed the child). This was often because they were married to someone else instead. It made the child illegitimate for inheriting things later. And 'bastard' was the less polite term for that. In modern times, it is mostly just used for an insult.

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Yapzzkin

27 Nov 2020

Filipino

I think the word was only 1 syllable. Thanks for thoroughly explaining it to me though. I guess I'll remember when I encounter it again from youtube or somewhere

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