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mom

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mom"

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of momma

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mom (plural moms)

  1. (Canada, South Africa, US, West Midlands, colloquial, informal) Mother.
    1. (by extension) used as a term of address for one's wife
      • 2017, Allstate: All Alone‎[1]:
        (spoken by the father) I don't share it with mom! Right, mom?
  2. (informal) An adult female owner of a pet.

Usage notes

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  • Mom can be capitalized when used as a proper noun, but not when used as a common noun (e.g. with a possessive):
    I think Mom likes my new car.
    I think my mom will like you.

Derived terms

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Translations

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mother — see mum

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Verb

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mom (third-person singular simple present moms, present participle momming, simple past and past participle mommed)

  1. (transitive, Canada, US, informal) To care for in a motherly way.
    • 2019, Marie Johnston, Finish Line:
      The shock of my news had worn off, and now she'd want to know where I was, how I was doing, and she'd sniff out that I was with someone. “I just wanted to check in on you.” That was Mom. Totally unashamed about momming me.
    • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎[2], Hachette, →ISBN:
      He tried to tell me how to live, to mom me, I told him fuck off, […]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001/m_en_ca0044644?rskey=bMI4cv&result=44621

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mom f or m or n (plural mommen, diminutive mommetje n)

  1. mask
  2. a specific kind of beer

Derived terms

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Nisenan

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Noun

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mom

  1. water

References

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  • Andrew Eatough, Central Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch

White Hmong

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mandarin 帽 (mào, “hat”).[1]

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mom

  1. used in kaus mom (“hat, cap, helmet”)

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 130.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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