mumma's boy

mumma's boy (plural mumma's boys)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative spelling of mama's boy.
   • 2011, Jonathan Toussaint, “What not to do”, in How to Talk to Girls, Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, chapter 4 (Getting to Know Her), page 96:

     Good manners are important skills to learn and it’s not like you have to be a well-behaved mumma’s boy around girls. Some girls wouldn’t even be into guys like that. But it’s good to know when it’s appropriate to have good manners and when you can kick back and forget about that stuff.

   • 2015, Vonnie Davis, A Highlander’s Passion (Highlander’s Beloved; 2), New York, N.Y.: Loveswept, →ISBN:

     “Text Mum. Tell her to quietly excuse herself and come here.” / “I’m not a mumma’s boy, dammit.” As the youngest, Bryce and his mum did share a special bond. At times, it embarrassed him.

   • 2016, Marieke Liem, quoting Keith, “Lives Spiraling out of Control”, in After Life Imprisonment: Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration (New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law), New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 57:

     [S]he hugged me and nurtured me, and told me everything was going to be all right. Right, like any mother would do, but for me, when I went up in my room that night, somehow I equated the fact that you know, I was like a mumma’s boy, somehow equated a sissy, and that was the reason why I got beat up.