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mom

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noun

a person’s mother or one’s mother.
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.

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.

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.
to refer to (an admired woman or girl) as “mom”:
My friends mommed the selfie I just posted.

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.
(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.

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Origin of mom¹

First recorded in 1845–50; short for momma

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He even considered an offer from his mom to move back to Ohio.

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“I know my mom and dad were deeply in love with each other, but Mom and Bob have so much in common,” she said.

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Around 1:15 p.m., she was on a three-way call with her mom and her best friend when they heard her cry, “Oh my God, he’s here.”

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Watching my mom cook and seeing how food brought people together — that planted the seed.

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And then another mom was like, “Oh my God, every time a bird comes out he says, ‘I like birds now.’”

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