Mamma's boy

Mamma's boy (plural Mamma's boys)

1. Alternative spelling of mama's boy.
   • 1976 January 6, Abigail Van Buren [pseudonym; Pauline Phillips], “Dear Abby: More on Back-seat Mothers-in-law”, in The Daily Freeman, volume CV, number 67, Kingston, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 8:

     First, she should tell her mother-in-law that the Bible says that when a man marries he should “leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife.” And if that doesn’t sink in, the wife should put both her mother-in-law and her husband in the back seat. Then Sonny can climb onto Mamma’s lap to be cuddled and rocked again. These Mamma’s boys make lousy husbands.

   • 1999, Paul Leonard, “Special Weapons”, in Stephen Cole, editor, More Short Trips: A Collection of Short Stories (Short Trips), London: BBC Worldwide, →ISBN, page 153:

     They were different from German posters, softer, more homely, the gentle pastel colours flowing into one another as if they had been painted by children anxious to please Mamma. German designs were by contrast sharp-edged, declarative and frightening: statements of the supremacy of the Aryan race. How could these pastel poseurs – these Mamma’s boys – be winning the war?

   • 2012, Martine Lacombe, “Philadelphia, October 31, 1938”, in Silver Orphan: A Social Novel, 5 Leaf Clover Publishing, →ISBN, page 97:

     "Yes, it's just like Mamma says," I concur. / "Don't be such a Mamma's boy. I have decided that this family will not celebrate Halloween […]" irrevocably decrees Papa. / Mamma bows her head in obedience […]