soccer mom

noun

: a typically suburban mother who accompanies her children to their soccer games and is considered as part of a significant voting bloc or demographic group

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Sure, the Crossfire was just a re-skinned Mercedes-Benz, and the Pacifica was just something for Celine Dion to sell to soccer moms, but the the former was at least interesting, and the latter was one of those too-soon-to-market crossovers that the company would be well-served to have back in 2026. Byron Hurd, The Drive, 11 Mar. 2026 And still others identified as rednecks and soccer moms, radicalized by news events like the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2026 In one of the images, the cookbook author is photographed in full soccer mom mode while tending to son Miles during one of his games. Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025 Read and two other women, including Jennifer McCabe, a suburban soccer mom accused of masterminding the cover-up, found him. Michael Ruiz , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soccer mom

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First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of soccer mom was in 1968

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“Soccer mom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soccer%20mom. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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