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mum

1  [muhm]
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–adjective
1. silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
–interjection
2. say nothing! be silent!
—Idiom
3. mum's the word, do not reveal what you know (about something); keep silent: Mum's the word, or the surprise party won't be a surprise.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME momme; imit.
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Word Origin & History

mum  (n.2)
1823, pet word for "mother," short for mummy. In British sociology, used from 1957 in ref. to "the working class mother as an influence in the lives of her children."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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