mompetition
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of mom + competition.
Noun edit
mompetition (plural mompetitions)
- (informal) Rivalry between mothers wishing to prove that they are better parents and/or have children who are more talented, well-behaved, etc.
- 2013, Blair Koenig, STFU, Parents: The Jaw-Dropping, Self-Indulgent, and Occasionally Rage-Inducing World of Parent Overshare, unnumbered page:
- The beauty of witnessing a mompetition on the Internet is that it's one of the rare times people catch a glimpse of just how far off the deep end their friend has gone since having a baby.
- 2014, Brigid Schulte, Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has The Time, unnumbered page:
- I've witnessed the mompetition on the playground and see it every day on my mom Listservs.
- 2016, Katherine R. Allen, Angela C. Henderson, Family Theories: Foundations and Applications, unnumbered page:
- Recent research has examined mothers' use of Pinterest and the so-called “mompetition” that can occur on such sites (Griffin, 2014).
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mompetition.