Mama's Boy (Noun)
Meaning
A boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- He's such a mama's boy, he can't even go to the park without his mother calling him every five minutes to check in.
- After his parents got divorced, he became a mama's boy, refusing to visit his father and instead spending all his time with his mother.
- As he grew older, his friends started to tease him for being a mama's boy, which only made him more clingy and dependent on his mother.
- His mother spoiled him rotten, turning him into a mama's boy who couldn't even do his own laundry or cook a simple meal.
- Despite being in his mid-twenties, he was still a mama's boy, living in his parents' basement and relying on his mother to do all his household chores.