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mama's boy

noun

Definition of mama's boy

as in boy

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Recent Examples of mama's boy After five seasons as mama's boy Buster Bluth, Hale won two Emmys as Veep's haplessly devoted Gary Walsh, assistant to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's amoral VP Selina Meyer. — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026 This is not being a mama's boy, this is being a good and moral human being. — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024 Before that day, the chipper 23-year-old was known as a mama's boy. — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 3 June 2020 Both huge mama's boys, doing any and everything for our mothers. — Trey Moses, Indianapolis Star, 30 Apr. 2017 Aiken credits his character to his mother, calling himself a mama's boy even now. — Allison Glock, Esquire, 1 Nov. 2014

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Noun

This initially takes unassuming form, as Maya grows friendly with Kiran (Krish Raj More), a boy of a similar age.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Deputies arrived at the scene and found a man and a boy with gunshot injuries.

— Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of boy

Noun

Attacking Vicki for working is the Vicki equivalent of going after another Housewife’s kids.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Hamilton and Kim also smile for a selfie alongside a friend and Khloé, who joined the two along with her kids, daughter True, 8, and Tatum, 4, on the trip.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of kid

Noun

The son of Huntersville town commissioner Edwin Quarles was arrested and charged in Sunday’s fatal shooting of a teenager in Charlotte’s University area.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
Agarwal is, like a lot of teenagers, feeling the pangs of a life less traveled, IRL.

— Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of teenager

Noun

The set has 825 pieces, and once it’s built, kiddos can display the finished product in their room, perhaps next to a Huntrix light stick.

— Anja Webb, Parents, 18 Sep. 2026
But this year, with the addition of five kiddos (all under 16 months) to our group, our destination wish list looked a little different.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of kiddo

Noun

Getty An island that had spent decades pairing glamour with license was perhaps the wrong place to entrust an adolescent to unusually permissive relatives.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
One adolescent possibly had contact with the bat, officials said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of adolescent

Noun

That young lad would gave the old lady the unfortunate hit stick would be UMass stud safety Jahmad Harmon, for those who aren't up to date on all things Minutemen football.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Kyle Walker and even some of the foreign lads were taking the p***.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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