mama's boy

Definitions

1. 1

   A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as…

   A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate.

   • He's such a mama's boy that he can't even ask a girl out for a date without his mother's approval.
2. 2

   Alternative letter-case form of mama's boy.

   • He was authoritarian but he was also a Mama’s boy, and his mouth, as I said, was a little soft and a lot contemptuous.
   • Why would she fall in love with a man who is such a Mama’s boy when, according to the drama, she has had so many other men running after her?
   • “I’m coldy and dead tired. And childish. I miss my parents.” / “So?” she says softly, to my relief because we’ve had arguments about me being such a Mama’s boy. “So?”

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