sugar mama

[ shoog-er mah-muh ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a wealthy woman who spends freely on a younger person, generally a man, in return for companionship or sexual intimacy. Compare sugar baby def, sugar daddy def.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar mama¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Starring Burt Reynolds as disgraced former pro football quarterback Paul Crewe, the story focused on the arrogant athlete breaking up with his sugar mama, going on an alcohol-fueled police chase, beating up cops and getting sentenced to hard time in a Southern Florida prison.

From Washington Times

Not the Sugar Mama: Well, yes, don’t share the whole list next time.

From Washington Post

I’m angry that my ex would allow this and bitter that my mom seems to have been right: that my ex wanted a sugar mama.

From Washington Post

Re: Boyfriend: Sugar Mama needs to determine who her boyfriend is — there is always more to the story and the relationship.

From Washington Post

I just want to save her from a lifetime of providing for a deadbeat, as his sugar mama.

From Washington Post