mom and apple pie

alternative Mom and apple pie · alternative motherhood and apple pie

1. USuncountablesymbolicallyWholesomeness and traditional (American) values.

   Synonyms: flag, motherhood and apple pie

2. USuncountablegovernmentSomething that cannot be questioned because it appeals to universally-held beliefs or values.

1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of mom and apple pie.

   A case in point is the current concern over the drafting of Honors programs in our colleges. To be “against” Honors programs is now almost as unthinkable as to be “against” Mom and apple pie.

   1959 February, Hugh G. J. Aitken, “A Hard Look at Honors Program: A Critical View”, in The Superior Student, volume 2, number 1, Boulder, Colo., →ISSN, page 4, column 2

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   The seeming rambling plotlessness (and consider, in the context of Hollywood slickeries of production and Mom-and-apple-pie-isms of the era, the courage of his producers in permitting him his free-form structures, let alone his iconoclasms) puts an aura of carelessness on his work.

   1972, Judith Crist, “Introduction”, in Richard J. Anobile, editor, A Flask of Fields: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of W. C. Fields, New York, N.Y.: Darien House Inc., →LCCN, pages 17–18

   MXing for Mom and apple pie […] It just so happens that Brad Lackey is one of the top ten 500сс motocrossers in the world. He’s only 20 years old and already riding with the best of them. Besides that, he’s an outasight dude doing his thing for Mom and apple pie. All us kids back in the states like to keep track of what he’s up to, and as a matter of fact, his right profile looks a bit like Peter Fonda.

   1974 October 1, Steve Cornett, “[Voices of the West] MXing for Mom and apple pie”, in Charles Clayton, editor, Cycle News, volume XI, number 38, Long Beach, Calif.: Cycle News, Inc., page 4, column 2

   Among the treasured artifacts of Americana — right up there with “Mom and apple pie” and, of course, the Stars and Stripes, will — or should — always be this colorful, captivating reminder of the never-never land that, hopefully, will forever be with us.

   1975, Tupper L. Turner, Catch the Brass Ring: Favorite Music from an Old-Fashioned Merry-Go-Round, volume 1, North Hollywood, Calif.: Klavier Records, →LCCN, column 4

   Club rules for the state of perfect competition are these: 1. the club must be made up of ethical people 2. the state must eschew excess profits and wealth, and resources must be rationally allocated. All this might sound like Mom and apple pie, and appear so obvious that these articles would not require restating, if it wasn’t for the fact that the basic rules for survival and performance call for the exact reverse in business activity.

   1976 February 26, “Fraud Course Coming September”, in FYI, volume 2, number 21, Montreal, Que.: Concordia University, column 2

   And Bert Parks was part of all that. He was Mom and apple pie. He was the Miss America Pageant. […] Television now dominates our lives like nothing else in the world. Not newspapers, not magazines, not school. And to the dismay of many—not even Mom and apple pie.

   1980, Katie Kelly, My Prime Time: Confessions of a TV Watcher, New York, N.Y.: Seaview Books, →ISBN, pages 130 and 168