Wordie: Mom: Comments

Comment by sionnach, 8 months ago

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:47:25 +0000

Jane Smiley's memoir of her mother.

Comment by SonofGroucho, 10 months ago

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:41:23 +0000

Translates to mum in the UK.

Comment by oroboros, 10 months ago

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:11:31 +0000

WOW! MOM!

1996, American Dialect Society

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:45:36 +0000

as in soccer mom, the newly significant type of voter courted by both candidates during the presidential campaign. That phrase spun off other designations such as minivan mom and waitress mom.

http://www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial/1996_words_of_the_ye/