mom jeans

English

Noun

mom jeans pl (plural only)

  1. (informal) Jeans, especially those for women, considered unfashionable and unflattering.
    • 1999 November 30, “101 Best Celebrity Legs”, in NYPost.com‎[1], retrieved 30 July 2014:
      In light of Jumbo Jessica's adventures in high-waisted "mom" jeans and ill-fitting leather pants, we bring you the 101 Best Celebrity Legs.
    • 2003 May 10, “Mom Jeans: Support - Saturday Night Live”, in Saturday Night Live, season 28, via NBC:
      Mom Jeans fit Mom just the way she likes it. She'll love the nine inch zipper and casual front pleats.
    • 2014 July 24, Ann-Christine Diaz, “Rewind: From Mom Jeans to Musicals, a Look Back at eBay Advertising”, in Ad Age:
      This ad shows a daughter narrowly escaping a "mom jeans" fiasco with the help of eBay's shopping app.
  2. high-waisted bluejeans for women

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “high-waisted jeans”):

Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English mom jeans (“high-waisted bluejeans for women”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌmam ˈd͡ʒins/ [ˌmam ˈd͡ʒɪn̪s]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˌmam ˈdjins/ [ˌmam ˈd̪jɪn̪s]
  • Rhymes: -ins
  • Syllabification: mom jeans

Adjective

mom jeans (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔ ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔) (slang, dated)

  1. high and wasted
    Synonyms: wasak, basag
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