Meaning of mumma's boy | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of mama's boy.

UK, alt-of, alternative

Examples

“Good manners are important skills to learn⟳ and it’s not like⟳ you have⟳ to be a well-behaved mumma’s boy around girls. Some girls wouldn’t even be into guys like⟳ that. But it’s good to know⟳ when it’s appropriate to have⟳ good manners and when you can kick⟳ back and forget⟳ about that stuff.”

““Text Mum. Tell⟳ her to quietly excuse⟳ herself and come⟳ here.” / “I’m not a mumma’s boy, dammit.” As the youngest, Bryce and his mum did share⟳ a special bond. At times, it embarrassed him.”

“[S]he hugged me and nurtured me, and told me everything was going to be all right. Right, like⟳ any mother would do, but for me, when I went up in my room that night, somehow I equated the fact that you know⟳, I was like⟳ a mumma’s boy, somehow equated a sissy, and that was the reason⟳ why I got beat⟳ up.”

““Ah, he’s all piss and wind like⟳ a barber’s cat . . . a real Mumma’s boy.” […] “Ah, you’re not a bad poor bastard,” she sighed. “But you don’t know⟳ nothin’. You’re just a poor, inoffensive Mumma’s boy.””

“Unfortunately—or perhaps fortunately—there weren’t too many local men around Serina’s age who weren’t already married, or Mumma’s boys, or simply too unattractive for words.”

“He was a Mumma’s boy as everyone said, and we saw⟳ this daily. He wouldn’t imagine⟳ himself without his mother at home, though he would be out for a major part of the day.”

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