wine mom

/ˈwaɪn.mɒm/

noun

A mother who drinks alcohol to relieve the stress associated with parenting.

Meanings

nounwine mom (plural wine moms)

plural wine moms · alternative Australia New Zealand South Africa UK wine mum

  1. CanadaUSinformalA mother who drinks alcohol to relieve the stress associated with parenting.

    But the photos very quickly did the rounds, and a man on Twitter decided to use the opportunity to body shame her. “In 10 months Billie Eilish has developed a mid-30s wine mom body,” he wrote.

    2020 November 13, Alex Light, Annabelle Spranklen, “Is Billie Eilish's new music video a big FU to the body shamers, stalkers and paparazzi after being targeted for ‘putting on weight’?”, in Glamour
  2. CanadaUSderogatoryinformalusuallygovernmentA suburban middle-aged middle-class liberal woman, perceived as unsupportive of male, left-wing or working-class causes.
    1 more example

    And then there are the Millennial/Gen Z guys (at least online) who think all that is cringe “wine mom” stuff and resent that they’re the ones who stood in the way of the nirvana of a Bernie Sanders socialist presidency because they were willing to settle for Old Man Biden and now the cost of Doordashing burritos is out of control.

    2024 August 4, Susan J. Gemas, “Harris has managed to unite wine moms and lefty bros — for now”, in Michigan Advance

    Antonyms: working class, blue-collar

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA suburban middle-aged middle-class liberal woman, perceived as unsupportive of male, left-wing or working-class causes.

Cite this entry
APA

wine mom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wine%20mom

MLA

“wine mom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wine%20mom. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wine mom,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wine%20mom.

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