baby mama
baby mama noun: the mother of a child in common, particularly unmarried.
Noun
baby mama (plural baby mamas)
- The mother of a child in common, particularly unmarried.
- She's not his girlfriend now, but she's one of his baby mamas.
- Except for Rasheena, the rest of the baby mamas was at least struggling to live halfway right. They used to clown and act shitty whenever they came by Noojie's and saw Carmiesha there. But every last one of them ended up being grateful to her for the things she did for their kids.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 128
- Synonyms:
- babymother
Synonyms of baby mama
Forms of baby mama
| plural | baby mamas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | baby-mama |
| alternative form | babymama |
| alternative form | baby mamma |
| alternative form | baby-mamma |
| alternative form | babymamma |
| alternative form | baby momma |
| alternative form | baby-momma |
| alternative form | babymomma |
Origin of baby mama
Formed in African-American Vernacular English, attested since c. 1986 and popularized in the 2000s. Possibly from or influenced by same term in Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole baby-mother (“pregnant woman”) (1966), alternatively due simply to grammatical similarities between AAVE and Jamaican Creole.
Questions about baby mama
- What does baby mama mean?
- Baby mama means the mother of a child in common, particularly unmarried.
- What part of speech is baby mama?
- Baby mama is a noun.
- What is the plural of baby mama?
- The plural of baby mama is baby mamas.
Words near baby mama in the dictionary
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