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  2. Mama and papa - Wikipedia

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    Mama and papa use speech sounds that are among the easiest to produce: bilabial consonants like /m/, /p/, and /b/, and the open vowel /a/.They are, therefore, often among the first word-like sounds made by babbling babies (babble words), and parents tend to associate the first sound babies make with themselves and to employ them subsequently as part of their baby-talk lexicon.

  3. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    MILF: [27] An acronym slang term meaning "mother I'd like to fuck"; considered sexist and ageist by some and positive or neutral by others. Mrs. Robinson: Refers to a character in the 1967 feature film "The Graduate"; slang term referring to an older woman pursuing someone younger than herself, typically an adolescent male. (see "cougar" above)

  4. Baby mama - Wikipedia

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    A baby mama (or baby momma, also baby mother) is a slang term for a mother who is not married to her child's father, although the term often carries other connotations as well. This term is associated with African Americans originally, coming from Jamaican Creole and finding its way into hip-hop music .

  5. Are you a ‘Mother’? What to know about the slang word - AOL

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    The slang usage of “mother,” says McLean, came from “Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ people who created an underground ballroom scene and Houses for members to find community and family,” for ...

  6. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    to strike a child with a paddle as a form of corporal punishment (dated usage) palette knife A knife with a broad, flat, flexible blade used in cooking. [49] (US: offset spatula) A knife used in painting to apply paint to a canvas or other surface. panda police car (slang) (US: zebra, black-and-white)

  7. From ‘Basic’ to ‘Boujee,’ Here Are 29 Gen Z Slang Terms To ...

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    Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...

  8. Language of adoption - Wikipedia

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    HAL views term "birth mother" as being derogatory, limiting a woman's purpose in her child's life to the physical act of reproduction and thus implying that she is a "former mother" or "breeder". HAL terms reflect the point of view that there is a continuing mother-child relationship and/or bond that endures despite separation. birth child

  9. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United ...

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    (slang) idiot; a general term of abuse, from Red Dwarf. snog (slang) a 'French kiss' or to kiss with tongues (US [DM]: deep kiss, not necessarily with tongues). Originally intransitive (i.e. one snogged with someone); now apparently (e.g. in the Harry Potter books) transitive. [citation needed] soap dodger one who is thought to lack personal ...