mom

[mom]
noun Informal.

Origin:
short for momma

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m.o.m.

middle of month.
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Mom is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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mom (mɒm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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

m.o.m.
middle of month
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Example sentences
Give to mom or dad to use to use at the grocery store in place of plastic.
His conclusion: mom was wrong, although his study was self-controlled and not
  blinded.
Many college students have bills that mom and dad don't pay.
Which means you don't get to claim science did jack to your mom.
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