mumma's boy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
Usage
- British usage