mam

plural mams

1. IrelandUKcolloquialinformalregionalMum, mom; diminutive of mother.

   She'd sit by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get Mary sober.

   2021, Glenda Young, The Miner's Lass

plural mams

1. UKin pluralslangA woman's breast.

   She focused her entire mind on that moment she had shared with Shan, the softness of her mams, the wetness of her lips.

   2022, Craig W. Stanfill, The Prophecy of the Heron

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   There was another teacher […] who came to class fairly often wearing a thin silk blouse and NO BRA. Her 'mams' bounced appropriately, which was of course utterly FASCINATING for every boy in the class.

   2002, David M. Burns, Quests, page 24

1. IndiamisspellingMisspelling of ma'am.

   DID YOU EVER BATHE IN ROSE WATER BEFORE HUH, DID YOU? / NO MAM! ITS^([sic]) ALL SALT WHERE I CAME FROM.

   1906 August 19, Winsor McCay, “Little Nemo in Slumberland”, in The New York Herald, New York, N.Y.: The New York Herald Co., →OCLC, comic strip

1. A Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.

1. IrelandWalesinformalOne’s mother.

   Need a cwtch from Mam I do.

   Synonyms: Mom, Mommy, Mother, Mummy, Mum · Antonyms: Dad

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of methylazoxymethanol