minnie

¹

Or min·ny

[min-ee]

noun

Scots and North England Informal.

1. mother; mom.

Minnie

²

[min-ee]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Mary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of minnie¹

First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain; perhaps a pet name variant of mither

Example Sentences

Stevie Wonder is on the phone recounting the experience — trying to recount the experience — of recording “Lovin’ You” half a century ago with his friend, the late Minnie Riperton.

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“I think that’s the situation with Minnie.”

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Says Rudolph, whose two children with Riperton include the actor and comedian Maya Rudolph, “It really touches my heart that the younger generation of musicians is still moved by Minnie and what she did.”

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“These two lunatics, Stevie and Minnie, put me in the studio with a click track and the two of them in my headphones saying the most outrageous things you could say to try to get me to mess up,” Rudolph remembers, laughing.

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“He tried that on Minnie, who was opening the show — told her the promoter was very mad because she was late. She said, ‘If he wants the show to get started, tell him to get his behind out there and start it, because as you can see, I’m not ready.’”

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