mom jeans
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mom jeans
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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“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
Fully made up as Tripp at home — sporting washed-out mom jeans, a cream turtleneck and a wool sweater — Paulson revealed that she’d recently had her first dream about her complicated quarry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
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
Maybe some Dickies, maybe some Nyjah-style short shorts, maybe mom jeans and suspenders like the 17-year-old pro Bryce Wettstein rocked at a contest last weekend.
From New York Times ● May 31, 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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