soccer mom

noun

1. a typical American suburban woman with school-age children.

soccer mom

noun

1. a woman who devotes much of her spare time to her children's activities, typically driving them to and from sports events in which they are involved

Word History and Origins

Origin of soccer mom¹

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; so called from her practice of driving her children to soccer games

Example Sentences

"You may not see a raid, but this is affecting our community," said Casey Caballero, 37, a self-described soccer mom who is married to a naturalized US citizen.

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"You may not see a raid, but this is affecting our community," said Casey Caballero, 37, a self-described soccer mom from Lombard who is married to a naturalized US citizen.

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The term “soccer mom” is of course loaded.

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So several years ago, I reluctantly became a soccer mom, shivering on fields at 7:30 a.m. on Saturdays and rearranging our child care schedule for my sons’ practices.

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Kaitlyn Dever, “Apple Cider Vinegar” “Apart from Kathy Bates, the three names at the top of my list — Sharon Horgan as the eldest Garvey sibling in ‘Bad Sisters,’ Britt Lower as the duplicitous Helly R. in ‘Severance’ and Melanie Lynskey as the coldblooded butcher/soccer mom Shauna in ‘Yellowjackets’ — all delivered strong performances in their returning series.”

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When To Use

What does soccer mom mean?

"Jump in, kids, and don't forget your juice boxes!"If you've ever said that, you might be a soccer mom, popularly imagined as a white middle-class mother in a minivan dropping her children off at various suburban after-school activities.