mama boy

mama's boy

noun
a boy or man showing excessive attachment to or dependence on his mother.
Also called mother's boy.

Origin:
1840–50

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mama's boy

noun
a boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests [syn: mother's boy] 
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