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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-mama's boy.ogg Forms: mama's boys [plural]
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  1. (informal, idiomatic, derogatory, Canada, US) A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate. Wikipedia link: mama's boy Tags: Canada, US, derogatory, idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): Male people, Stock characters Synonyms: pansy, nancy boy, mamma's boy, mommy's boy, mummy's boy [UK], momma's boy [US] Related terms: cut the umbilical cord Translations (male overly attached to his mother): صَبِيُّ الْأُمّ (ṣabiyyu l-ʔumm) [masculine] (Arabic), اِبْنُ وَالِدَتِهِ (ibnu wālidatihi) [masculine] (Arabic), մամայի բալա (mamayi bala) (Armenian), ма́мчын сыно́к (mámčyn synók) [masculine] (Belarusian), ма́мін ду́рань (mámin dúranʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), ба́бін ду́рань (bábin dúranʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), ма́мино дете́нце (mámino deténce) [neuter] (Bulgarian), нанин (nanin) (Chechen), нуькка (nükka) (Chechen), ноькка (nökka) (Chechen), 媽寶 (Chinese Mandarin), 妈宝 (mābǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 媽寶男 (Chinese Mandarin), 妈宝男 (mābǎonán) [neologism, slang] (Chinese Mandarin), 離不開媽媽的男孩 (Chinese Mandarin), 离不开妈妈的男孩 (líbùkāi māma de nánhái) (Chinese Mandarin), mamánek [masculine] (Czech), Arschklunkr [masculine] (East Central German), mammapoeg (Estonian), memmepoeg (Estonian), mammanpoika (Finnish), petit garçon à sa maman [masculine] (French), fils à maman [masculine] (French), Muttersöhnchen [neuter] (German), mömmustrákur [masculine] (Icelandic), mammone [masculine] (Italian), mammoletta (Italian), マザーコンプレックス (mazā konpurekkusu) (Japanese), ママっ子 (mamakko) (alt: ママっこ) (Japanese), マザコンの男 (mazakon no otoko) (alt: マザコンのおとこ) (Japanese), 마마보이 (mamaboi) (Korean), maminsynek [masculine] (Polish), filhinho da mamãe [masculine] (Portuguese), ма́менькин сыно́к (mámenʹkin synók) [masculine] (Russian), ма́мин сыно́к (mámin synók) [masculine] (Russian), madrero [masculine] (Spanish), nene de mamá [masculine] (Spanish), enmadrado [masculine] (Spanish), regalón [masculine] (Spanish), mamón [masculine] (Spanish), pollerudo [masculine] (Spanish), moñas [masculine] (Spanish), nenaza [feminine] (Spanish), hijito de mamá [masculine] (Spanish), morsgris [common-gender] (Swedish), мату́син сино́к (matúsyn synók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), мамі́й (mamíj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ма́мин сино́к (mámyn synók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bám váy mẹ (Vietnamese), cơm chín vần ra (Vietnamese)

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          "text": "And now we have plenty of mama’s boys who just want to have fun, who just want to —I don't know— use some women, have fun, have great sex, but they are not able to offer this responsibility in case something happens (!) so that’s why women, they are insecure because sex is something very precious that we have to offer; we women, because it’s our bodies, and our bodies, uhm, we become pregnant and men cannot become pregnant, so we bear all of these risks. And, for us, it’s a huge opening if we say yes to a man, if we give ourselves to a man, it’s not only that we open —uh, I’m sorry for the expression— our legs, but, it’s just that we open our heart and soul and we trust that this man is responsible; and if something happens (!) he will take action, he will be there (!) for us; he will behave... [nodding] like a man.",
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          "roman": "ṣabiyyu l-ʔumm",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "roman": "ibnu wālidatihi",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "roman": "mámčyn synók",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "roman": "mámin dúranʹ",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "roman": "mámino deténce",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mābǎo",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
          "word": "妈宝"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "roman": "mābǎonán",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "妈宝男"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
          "word": "離不開媽媽的男孩"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "líbùkāi māma de nánhái",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
          "word": "离不开妈妈的男孩"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "mamánek"
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          "code": "gmw-ecg",
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          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "Arschklunkr"
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          "code": "et",
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          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
          "word": "memmepoeg"
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          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "petit garçon à sa maman"
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          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "fils à maman"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "Muttersöhnchen"
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "mömmustrákur"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "mammone"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
          "word": "mammoletta"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "mazā konpurekkusu",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "alt": "ママっこ",
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          "roman": "mamakko",
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          "alt": "マザコンのおとこ",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "mazakon no otoko",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
          "word": "マザコンの男"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mamaboi",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
          "word": "마마보이"
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          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "filhinho da mamãe"
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          "roman": "mámenʹkin synók",
          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "ма́менькин сыно́к"
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          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "madrero"
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "nene de mamá"
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "enmadrado"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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          "word": "regalón"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
          "word": "bám váy mẹ"
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Chechen translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with East Central German translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "en:Male people",
        "en:Stock characters"
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        {
          "text": "He's such a mama's boy that he can't even ask a girl out for a date without his mother's approval.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Alexandra, 8:48–9:45 from the start, in Strong women and weak men, spoken by speaker, Family Code, via YouTube:",
          "text": "And now we have plenty of mama’s boys who just want to have fun, who just want to —I don't know— use some women, have fun, have great sex, but they are not able to offer this responsibility in case something happens (!) so that’s why women, they are insecure because sex is something very precious that we have to offer; we women, because it’s our bodies, and our bodies, uhm, we become pregnant and men cannot become pregnant, so we bear all of these risks. And, for us, it’s a huge opening if we say yes to a man, if we give ourselves to a man, it’s not only that we open —uh, I’m sorry for the expression— our legs, but, it’s just that we open our heart and soul and we trust that this man is responsible; and if something happens (!) he will take action, he will be there (!) for us; he will behave... [nodding] like a man.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate."
      ],
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          "derogatory"
        ],
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          "Canada",
          "Canada"
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          "US",
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        ],
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ],
        [
          "soft",
          "soft"
        ],
        [
          "effeminate",
          "effeminate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic, derogatory, Canada, US) A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "derogatory",
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "mama's boy"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "word": "pansy"
    },
    {
      "word": "nancy boy"
    },
    {
      "word": "mamma's boy"
    },
    {
      "word": "mommy's boy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "mummy's boy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "momma's boy"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣabiyyu l-ʔumm",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَبِيُّ الْأُمّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ibnu wālidatihi",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِبْنُ وَالِدَتِهِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mamayi bala",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "մամայի բալա"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mámčyn synók",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́мчын сыно́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mámin dúranʹ",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́мін ду́рань"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bábin dúranʹ",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́бін ду́рань"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mámino deténce",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ма́мино дете́нце"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "nanin",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "нанин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "nükka",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "нуькка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "nökka",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "ноькка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "媽寶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mābǎo",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "妈宝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "媽寶男"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mābǎonán",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "neologism",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "妈宝男"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "離不開媽媽的男孩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "líbùkāi māma de nánhái",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "离不开妈妈的男孩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mamánek"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmw-ecg",
      "lang": "East Central German",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Arschklunkr"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "mammapoeg"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "memmepoeg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "mammanpoika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "petit garçon à sa maman"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fils à maman"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Muttersöhnchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mömmustrákur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mammone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "mammoletta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mazā konpurekkusu",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "マザーコンプレックス"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ママっこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mamakko",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "ママっ子"
    },
    {
      "alt": "マザコンのおとこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mazakon no otoko",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "マザコンの男"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mamaboi",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "마마보이"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maminsynek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filhinho da mamãe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mámenʹkin synók",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́менькин сыно́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mámin synók",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́мин сыно́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "madrero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nene de mamá"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enmadrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regalón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mamón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pollerudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moñas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nenaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hijito de mamá"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "morsgris"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "matúsyn synók",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мату́син сино́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mamíj",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мамі́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mámyn synók",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́мин сино́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "bám váy mẹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "male overly attached to his mother",
      "word": "cơm chín vần ra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mama's boy"
}

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