mom

¹

[mom]

noun

1. a person’s mother or one’s mother.

2. a term of endearment used to refer to a woman or girl who is admired: She came on stage at the beginning of the concert, and I was like, MOM.

   Obviously she has no kids, but she is such a mom.

   She came on stage at the beginning of the concert, and I was like, MOM.

   All her friends call her “mom” even though she just started middle school.

adjective

1. beautiful or stylish; amazing; to be admired: She’s so mom in that movie.

   That outfit is mom!

   She’s so mom in that movie.

verb (used with object)

1. to act as a mother toward; act maternally toward, sometimes in an excessive way: I think I just got mommed by my cat.

   She just mommed me with advice.

   I think I just got mommed by my cat.

   She totally mommed those bullies.

2. to refer to (an admired woman or girl) as “mom”.

   My friends mommed the selfie I just posted.

verb (used without object)

1. to perform the tasks or duties of a female parent; act maternally, sometimes in an excessive way: She mommed out hard after I came home late.

   I like the way she moms.

   She mommed out hard after I came home late.

2. (of a woman or girl) to refer to an admired woman or girl as “mom”.

   Whenever I comment on photos of my friends, I mom.

m.o.m.

²

abbreviation

1. middle of month.

mom

/ mɒm /

noun

1. an informal word for mother 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of mom¹

First recorded in 1845–50; short for momma

Example Sentences

“D.A.D.” and “M.O.M.” — the married mad scientists behind this endeavor, anticipate that what they refer to as the “delicate years” will be problematic.

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And even as the young people do battle with the ultimate monsters, “M.O.M.” and “D.A.D.” and their ex-con inspectors, Malerman reminds us the real horror is not the blood that will splatter the towers.

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He passed her several small golden coins, all embossed with the letters M.O.M. which he had taken from the witch’s purse.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had boasted that the $74 million trip by the Mars Orbiter Mission, or M.O.M., cost less than the $100 million budget of the Hollywood movie “Gravity.”

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