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"The survey of 2,000 British adults found that the most common Dadism is 'I'm not made of money', which is regularly called upon by 31pc of British fathers" (The Telegraph).

Dadism: A pseudo religion propagating the virtues of fatherhood.
Coined by Carl Benjamin, pseudonym Sargon of Akkad, who refers to "the book of Dadism" or "Dadism 101" when speaking about important life lessons that should commonly be taught to sons by their fathers. (GeekWitt, Urban Dictionary)

What is a dadism? It’s something your dad tells you, usually more than once. They are full of meaning, or so your dad means. Let’s see if I can show you:

WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE. . . this is usually followed with some extreme example like “we would walk to school up hill, both ways barefoot in the snow. It’s meant to exemplify how hard it was when he grew up and how easy it is for us.

HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING MUDDY WATER? This was always said to me when I was standing in front of the T.V. in the way
(Several other examples follow.) https://accordingtous.wordpress.com/tag/dadism/