momma's boy

A form of mama's boy — A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate.

Meanings

momma's boy1

nounmomma's boy (plural momma's boys)

plural momma's boys

  1. CanadaUSalternativeAlternative spelling of mama's boy.

Momma's boy2

nounMomma's boy (plural Momma's boys)

plural Momma's boys

  1. CanadaUSalternativeAlternative spelling of mama's boy.

    “Such a Momma’s boy.” The old men had started up again—or perhaps they had never stopped. “No matter who he schtupped. Even Marilyn. I wouldn’t be surprised he was queer.”

    1979, Michael Nickolay, chapter 9, in Brother & Sister: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →ISBN, page 100
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    “Peter was such a Momma’s boy I thought for sure he would live at home forever and I really thought he was gay,” I say when we both take a breath. […] Peter and I dated for about three weeks a few years ago. He was such a Momma’s boy that I had to break it off. He still lived at home, his mom did all his laundry and shopping and packed him lunch every morning. It was like dating a twelve year old.

    2015 November 5, Meghan Campbell, chapter 22, in From the Disastrous Dating Files of Henley Gray, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 210

    Their mom yells up the stairs but keeps feeding the baby. “Girls, leave Justin alone or we won’t be having another sleepover for a while.” / “You’re such a Momma’s boy,” McKayla says through gritted teeth. […] “You listen here, you little know-it-all. That smart mouth of yours is going to get a fat lip next time you say anything remotely insulting to me or your sister.” She shakes him a little to drive her point home. “You understand, Momma’s boy?”

    2017, T. L. York, The Boy and the Magical Shell, New York, N.Y.: Page Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, pages 4–5
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