Mama's boy

Mama's boy (plural Mama's boys)

1. Alternative letter-case form of mama's boy.
   • 1994, Jack Erdmann with Larry Kearney, chapter 2, in Whiskey’s Children: An Inspiring True Story of Struggle and Redemption, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, published October 1997, →ISBN, page 14:

     He was authoritarian but he was also a Mama’s boy, and his mouth, as I said, was a little soft and a lot contemptuous.

   • 2004, Arthur Gewirtz, “Theatre Guild Year”, in Sidney Howard and Clare Eames: American Theater’s Perfect Couple of the 1920s, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 192:

     Why would she fall in love with a man who is such a Mama’s boy when, according to the drama, she has had so many other men running after her?

   • 2005, Frederic Morton, “1960: Christmas with the Rothschilds”, in Runaway Waltz: A Memoir from Vienna to New York, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 120:

     “I’m coldy and dead tired. And childish. I miss my parents.” / “So?” she says softly, to my relief because we’ve had arguments about me being such a Mama’s boy. “So?”

   • 2009, Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger, Santa Miracles: 50 True Stories That Celebrate the Most Magical Time of the Year, Avon, Mass.: Adams Media, →ISBN, page 217:

     “I was such a Mama’s boy as a kid,” he admitted. “I never stayed overnight at any friend’s house until I was in high school. When I was a little kid, I really couldn’t bear to be away from Mom. I only liked her cooking, and I avoided restaurants, even hamburger or taco stands, until I started dating.”