Meaning of mombie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cow.
   Zimbabwe
2. A mother who is consumed by raising her children to the point of being sleep-deprived or simply obsessed, and hence zombie-like.
   Canada, US, derogatory, slang, sometimes
3. A zombie (i.e. undead) mother.
   Canada, US, nonce-word, slang

Examples

“"Mr. Mhene," Chris said, rather cautiously. "On my way here I met a herd of cows wandering down the road. Tourists will come⟳ to the Mavuradonha to see⟳ elephants and sables, not mombies."”

“But there are traces, hoof marks of mombies are encrusted in the dried mud.”

“'Start⟳ looking for mombies.'”

The cattle that have stayed up this high are wild.

“The baccy crop's looking good, ja, and one of the mombies calved this morning.”

“A mombie is a woman who "changes" after having a baby. She's been brainwashed by motherhood, […]. She loves nothing more than joining an army of other mombies, so don't be surprised if your old friend-turned-mombie begins to spend⟳ her time primarily with other mombies who are all covered in some kind of murky baby secretion.”

“The woman who used to start⟳ the day with a Spin⟳ class with Suzanne turned into a mombie—a mom zombie who was a shadow of her former self. Showering was no longer important. Why bother?”

“There was a blood smear across her mouth, skewed like⟳ lipstick applied by a drunken hand. Mom was a fucking zombie. “Mombie,” he said, giggling stupidly, deliriously.”

“A mombie. I always knew she was undead. It explains everything.”

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