mommy

[ mom-ee ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural mom·mies.

1. a diminutive of mom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mommy¹

First recorded in 1900–05, Americanism; momm(a) + -y ². mammy, mummy ²

Example Sentences

Chiara Maganalles - or Mommy Diaries PH as she’s known on social media - has 1.6 million Facebook followers.

From BBC

Instead of crying American children asking where Mommy and Daddy are, her ads trumpet her background as a “border-state prosecutor.”

From Slate

The director recalls attending a gender reveal party thrown in August by Gypsy Rose Blanchard, whose murder of her abusive mother was recounted in Carr’s 2017 documentary “Mommy Dead and Dearest.”

From Los Angeles Times

Not because those words aren’t fitting descriptors for Ani, but because she’s far more complex than a couple of attributes you can pull from the etymology section of a mommy blog.

From Salon

“But also, I think — absent from the body presence in the spirit — I keep hearing Mommy's voice: 'Baby, you're all right. And baby, you got this.' And that's the source of my strength. She's been here with me — just because she transitioned physically, I still feel Mommy's here spiritually. She has guided me through all sorts of things, and, you know, she didn't bring me here to be the mayor, to abandon me.”

From Salon

Related Words

• grandmother
• parent