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mom

[mom]
noun Informal.

Origin:
short for momma

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Mom is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example Sentences
  • In a weird feat of biotechnological virtuosity, scientists have engineered mice with genes from two dads, and none from a mom.
  • Many college students have bills that mom and dad don't pay.
  • It turned out to be the student's dad, accompanied by his mom and the student himself.
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m.o.m.

middle of month.
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mom (mɒm)
 
n
chiefly (US), (Canadian) an informal word for mother

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Word Origin & History

mom
1894, Amer.Eng., see mamma. Adjectival phrase mom and pop dates from 1951.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
MOM
  1. Militia of Montana

  2. milk of magnesia

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