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a mummy's boy
a mummy's/mother's boy
(British & Australian) also a mama's boy (American) a boy or man who allows his mother to have too much influence on him Derek's a bit of a mummy's boy. He finished with his last girlfriend because his mother disapproved. He was often depicted as a weak-willed mama's boy with a domineering mother.
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Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Cassius | | KASH-əs (English), KAS-ee-əs (English) | Ancient Roman, English |
Ainslie | | AYNZ-lee | English (Rare) |
Sameer (2) | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati |
Henda | | - | Yiddish |
Randell | | ['rændl] | |
Theunis | | TUU-nis | Dutch |