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mamma's boy

mamma's boy is the alternative spelling of mama's boy.

Meaning of mama's boy

Noun

mama's boy (plural mama's boys)

  1. (Canada, US, derogatory, idiomatic, informal) A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate.
    • He's such a mama's boy that he can't even ask a girl out for a date without his mother's approval.
    Synonyms:
    nancyboy, pansy

Noun capitalized: Mamma's boy

Mamma's boy (plural Mamma's boys)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of mama's boy.
    • First, she should tell her mother-in-law that the Bible says that when a man marries he should “leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife.” And if that doesn’t sink in, the wife should put both her mother-in-law and her husband in the back seat. Then Sonny can climb onto Mamma’s lap to...1976 January 6, Abigail Van Buren [pseudonym; Pauline Phillips], “Dear Abby: More on Back-seat Mothers-in-law”, in The Daily Freeman, volume CV, number 67, Kingston, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8...
    • They were different from German posters, softer, more homely, the gentle pastel colours flowing into one another as if they had been painted by children anxious to please Mamma. German designs were by contrast sharp-edged, declarative and frightening: statements of the supremacy of the Aryan race....1999, Paul Leonard, “Special Weapons”, in Stephen Cole, editor, More Short Trips: A Collection of Short Stories (Short Trips), London: BBC Worldwide, →ISBN, page 153

Forms of mamma's boy

pluralmamma's boys
pluralMamma's boys

Questions about mamma's boy

What is mamma's boy the alternative spelling of?
Mamma's boy is the alternative spelling of mama's boy.
What part of speech is mamma's boy?
Mamma's boy is a noun.
What is the plural of mamma's boy?
The plural of mamma's boy is mamma's boys.

Words near mamma's boy in the dictionary

  1. mamma grizzlies
  2. mamma grizzly
  3. mamma jamma
  4. mamma jammas
  5. mamma mia
  6. mamma's boy
  7. mamma's boys
  8. mammacoronary
  9. mammae
  10. mammae erraticae
  11. mammaed

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