dadness

noun

1. (informal, uncountable)The state, quality, or condition of being a dad; the essence of dads and dadhood.

   “He cut back on the dad jokes this evening because the kids and their friends were having a serious conversation and his usual level of dadness would have seemed out of place.”

   “I'm doing a thing now about dadness—you know, when you reach dadness fully, no one in your family can hurt your feelings anymore, because you don't have feelings anymore.”