big mama

big ma·ma

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [big mah-muh]
- /bɪg ˈmɑ mə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [big mah-muh]
- /bɪg ˈmɑ mə/

Definitions of big mama words

noun big mama a man's sweetheart, girlfriend, or wife. 1
noun big mama a woman regarded as the head of a family. 1
noun big mama the female founder or a leading female member of a company, organization, movement, etc. 1
noun big mama Chiefly Southern U.S. grandmother. 1
noun big mama (African American Vernacular) grandmother, crone. 0

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Origin of big mama

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55

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Parts of speech for Big mama

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Big mama

big mama popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

big mama usage trend in Literature

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