mama's boy

mama's boy

English

Alternative forms

• mamma's boy
• mommy's boy
• mummy's boy (UK)
• momma's boy (US)

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Noun

mama's boy (plural mama's boys)

1. (informal, idiomatic, derogatory, Canada, US) A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate.

   He's such a mama's boy that he can't even ask a girl out for a date without his mother's approval.

Usage notes

• While mama's boy and mummy's boy are both recognized in many English dictionaries, the latter is considered chiefly British and the former is sometimes considered North American. Other alternative forms are considerably rarer by comparison and are often absent from dictionaries.

Synonyms

• pansy
• nancy boy

Translations

male overly attached to his mother

Arabic: صَبِيُّ الْأُمّ‎ m (ṣabiyyu l-ʾumm), اِبْنُ وَالِدَتِهِ‎ m (ibnu wālidatihi) Armenian: մամայի բալա (hy) (mamayi bala) Belarusian: ма́мчын сыно́к m (mámčyn synók), ма́мін ду́рань m (mámin dúranʹ), ба́бін ду́рань m (bábin dúranʹ) Bulgarian: ма́мино дете́нце n (mámino deténce) Chechen: нанин (nanin), нуькка (nükka), ноькка (nökka) Chinese: Mandarin: 媽寶／妈宝 (zh) (mābǎo), 媽寶男／妈宝男 (mābǎonán) (neologism, slang), 離不開媽媽的男孩／离不开妈妈的男孩 (líbùkāi māma de nánhái) (lit. "boy who is inseparable from [his] mom") East Central German: Arschklunkr m Estonian: mammapoeg, memmepoeg Finnish: mammanpoika (fi) French: petit garçon à sa maman m, fils à maman (fr) m German: Muttersöhnchen (de) n Icelandic: mömmustrákur m Italian: mammone (it) m, mammoletta Japanese: マザーコンプレックス (mazā konpurekkusu), ママっ子 (ママっこ, mamakko), マザコンの男 (マザコンのおとこ, mazakon no otoko) Korean: 마마보이 (mamaboi) Polish: maminsynek (pl) m Portuguese: filhinho da mamãe m Russian: ма́менькин сыно́к (ru) m (mámenʹkin synók), ма́мин сыно́к m (mámin synók) Spanish: madrero m, nene de mamá m, enmadrado (es) m, regalón (es) m, mamón (es) m, pollerudo (es) m, moñas m, nenaza f, hijito de mamá m Swedish: morsgris (sv) c Ukrainian: мату́син сино́к m (matúsyn synók), мамі́й m (mamíj), ма́мин сино́к m (mámyn synók)

See also

• cut the umbilical cord