Momma's boy

Momma's boy (plural Momma's boys)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of mama's boy.
   • 1979, Michael Nickolay, chapter 9, in Brother & Sister: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →ISBN, page 100:

     “Such a Momma’s boy.” The old men had started up again—or perhaps they had never stopped. “No matter who he schtupped. Even Marilyn. I wouldn’t be surprised he was queer.”

   • 2015 November 5, Meghan Campbell, chapter 22, in From the Disastrous Dating Files of Henley Gray, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 210:

     “Peter was such a Momma’s boy I thought for sure he would live at home forever and I really thought he was gay,” I say when we both take a breath. […] Peter and I dated for about three weeks a few years ago. He was such a Momma’s boy that I had to break it off. He still lived at home, his mom did all his laundry and shopping and packed him lunch every morning. It was like dating a twelve year old.

   • 2017, T. L. York, The Boy and the Magical Shell, New York, N.Y.: Page Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, pages 4–5:

     Their mom yells up the stairs but keeps feeding the baby. “Girls, leave Justin alone or we won’t be having another sleepover for a while.” / “You’re such a Momma’s boy,” McKayla says through gritted teeth. […] “You listen here, you little know-it-all. That smart mouth of yours is going to get a fat lip next time you say anything remotely insulting to me or your sister.” She shakes him a little to drive her point home. “You understand, Momma’s boy?”