"baby mama" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-baby mama.ogg Forms: baby mamas [plural]
Etymology: Formed in African-American Vernacular English, attested since c. 1986 and popularized in the 2000s. Possibly from or influenced by same term in Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole baby-mother (“pregnant woman”) (1966), alternatively due simply to grammatical similarities between AAVE and Jamaican Creole. Etymology templates: {{der|en|jam|baby-mother||pregnant woman}} Jamaican Creole baby-mother (“pregnant woman”), {{der|en|jam|-}} Jamaican Creole Head templates: {{en-noun}} baby mama (plural baby mamas)
  1. (US, slang, possibly derogatory) The mother of a child in common, particularly unmarried. Wikipedia link: African-American Vernacular English, baby mama Tags: US, derogatory, possibly, slang Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: baby-mama, babymama, baby momma Related terms: baby daddy, birth mother, biological mother, sperm donor

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