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momnesia

momnesia noun: forgetfulness in a pregnant woman or mother.

Noun

momnesia (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) Forgetfulness in a pregnant woman or mother.
    • It's difficult when we're young mothers—in the throes of momnesia, barely able to remember where we're supposed to be in two minutes (let alone two days)—to plan time for, much less seriously think about, our relationships.2009, Lisa T. Bergen, Life on Planet Mom: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Your Changing Relationships, Revell, →ISBN
    • The mystery is that if our hippocampus, like that of mother rats, shows signs of new growth, why do we get momnesia? Why do we forget to pay the bills and return calls?2011, Jena Pincott, Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?: The Surprising Science of Pregnancy, Free Press, →ISBN, page 192

Synonyms of momnesia

Origin of momnesia

Blend of mom + amnesia.

Questions about momnesia

What does momnesia mean?
Momnesia means forgetfulness in a pregnant woman or mother.
What part of speech is momnesia?
Momnesia is a noun.

Words near momnesia in the dictionary

  1. mommyism
  2. mommykins
  3. mommyless
  4. mommylike
  5. mommyness
  6. momnesia
  7. momness
  8. momo
  9. MOMO syndrome
  10. Momoa
  11. Momoe

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