Meaning of mamma's boy | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of mama's boy.

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“There are many mamma’s boys and daddie’s girls in this world who can never grow up because their parents are actually too selfish to let go and let the children suffer the consequences for their mistakes.”

“First, she should tell her mother-in-law that the Bible says that when a man marries he should “leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife.” And if that doesn’t sink in, the wife should put both her mother-in-law and her husband in the back seat. Then Sonny can climb onto Mamma’s lap to be cuddled and rocked again. These Mamma’s boys make lousy husbands.”

“They were different from German posters, softer, more homely, the gentle pastel colours flowing into one another as if they had been painted by children anxious to please Mamma. German designs were by contrast sharp-edged, declarative and frightening: statements of the supremacy of the Aryan race. How could these pastel poseurs – these Mamma’s boys – be winning the war?”

“"Yes, it's just like Mamma says," I concur. / "Don't be such a Mamma's boy. I have decided that this family will not celebrate Halloween[…]" irrevocably decrees Papa. / Mamma bows her head in obedience […]”

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