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Do some adult women or teenage girls ever use “父ちゃん” to refer to their dads like “daddy” in English or “papi” in Spanish?

I hear women and teenage girls use the words sometimes in both languages so I was curious if it was the same in Japanese since the word exists too.

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  2. In real life, compared to “お父さん” and “パパ”, “(お)父ちゃん” is not common. Especially, “(お)父ちゃん” is generally consider as a boyish term so girls rarely use it.

    In fictional settings, such as in manga, novel, and drama, “(お)父ちゃん” works as a 役割語 that represents a boyish, childish, active, rustic, or classical personality in most cases. For example, Gian (Doraemon), Yotsuba (Yotsubato), Shinnosuke (Crayon Shin-chan) use “父ちゃん” for their dad.

    Also, “(お)父ちゃん” is commonly used by young ordinally kinds (both boys and girls) in Japanese historical dramas or manga/anime that set in classical Japan, especially in Edo period.

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