mom jeans
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mom jeans
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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Wearing mom jeans, a bright yellow sweater blouse and clogs, Jurado busied herself as about a dozen staffers rolled in.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
“Or maybe it's just a fad, and these are their mom jeans that they're bringing back in style.”
From National Geographic • Oct. 30, 2023
Audiences may roll their eyes, but the director, David Frankel, plays up the hook: One more slow-mo shot of dad sneakers or mom jeans and certain sequences could double as ads for Walmart clothing.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022
Sure, trends are cyclical — out: skinny jeans; in: mom jeans — but collecting cards seemed like a hobby most of society had moved on from for good.
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2021
My mother, she had on her usual mom jeans, sweater, a light jacket, and sneakers.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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