momma's boy
momma's boy is the alternative spelling of mama's boy.
Meaning of mama's boy
Noun
mama's boy (plural mama's boys)
- 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.
Noun capitalized: Momma's boy
Momma's boy (plural Momma's boys)
- Alternative spelling of mama's boy.
- “Such a Momma’s boy.” The old men had started up again—or perhaps they had never stopped. “No matter who he schtupped. Even Marilyn. I wouldn’t be surprised he was queer.”1979, Michael Nickolay, chapter 9, in Brother & Sister: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →ISBN, page 100
- “Peter was such a Momma’s boy I thought for sure he would live at home forever and I really thought he was gay,” I say when we both take a breath. […] Peter and I dated for about three weeks a few years ago. He was such a Momma’s boy that I had to break it off. He still lived at home, his mom did...2015 November 5, Meghan Campbell, chapter 22, in From the Disastrous Dating Files of Henley Gray, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 210
Forms of momma's boy
| plural | momma's boys |
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| plural | Momma's boys |
Questions about momma's boy
- What is momma's boy the alternative spelling of?
- Momma's boy is the alternative spelling of mama's boy.
- What part of speech is momma's boy?
- Momma's boy is a noun.
- What is the plural of momma's boy?
- The plural of momma's boy is momma's boys.
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