Kalmar "Babbitt" yawanci tana nufin mutumin da ya kasance mai son abin duniya, mai son jari-hujja, kuma mai ra'ayin mazan jiya, musamman a al'adun Amurka masu matsakaicin matsayi. Kalmar ta samo asali ne daga lakabin taken littafin "Babbitt" na Sinclair Lewis, wanda ya ba da daidaito da kuma amfani da al'ummar Amurka a cikin 1920s. A matsayin suna, "Babbitt" na iya komawa ga irin wannan mutum, kuma a matsayin fi'ili, yana iya nufin aikin da ya dace da dabi'u ko ka'idoji na tsakiya.