mom

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Mother.

   • To find out what moms really want this year, we turned to the best source possible: our own mothers.
   • At a very early age, Knowles says she was taught not to draw any attention to herself. “Pretty is as pretty does,” her mom used to say.
2. 2

   An adult female owner of a pet.

3. 3

   To care for in a motherly way.

   • The shock of my news had worn off, and now she'd want to know where I was, how I was doing, and she'd sniff out that I was with someone. “I just wanted to check in on you.” That was Mom. Totally unashamed about momming me.
   • He tried to tell me how to live, to mom me, I told him fuck off, […]
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   1. 4

      One’s mother.

      • I wish Mom and Dad didn't argue so much.
   2. 5

      A surname from Khmer.

   3. 6

      prefix of a female commoner who marries a royal prince.

   4. 7

      Initialism of month-over-month/month-on-month

      Initialism of month-over-month/month-on-month; compared to the same time period in the previous month.

   5. 8

      Initialism of middle of the market.

   6. 9

      Initialism of message-oriented middleware, hardware or software infrastructure supporting…

      Initialism of message-oriented middleware, hardware or software infrastructure supporting sending and receiving of messages between distributed systems.

   7. 10

      Initialism of motive, opportunity, means (“factors to consider in investigating a crime”).

   8. 11

      Alternative form of MoM.

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