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mam

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
mæm

Definitions

  1. Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
  2. A woman's breast.
    UK, in-plural, slang
  3. Initialism of methylazoxymethanol
  4. A Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.
  5. One’s mother.

Equivalents

Françaismam
5 more languages
Bosanskibumam
Hrvatskibumam
Bahasa Indonesiabu
Kurdîbûmam
Српскиbumam

Examples

“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.”
“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.”
“She focused her entire mind⟳ on that moment she had shared with Shan, the softness of her mams, the wetness of her lips.”
“Need⟳ a cwtch from Mam I do.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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