baby mama
The mother of a child in common, particularly unmarriedThe mother of a child in common, particularly unmarried.
» Gustavo was watching a baby and mama moose.
Meaning
1 senses(US, derogatory, possibly, slang)The mother of a child in common, particularly unmarried.
She's not his girlfriend now, but she's one of his baby mamas.
- the mother of at least one of your children
Examples
3 sentencesGustavo was watching a baby and mama moose.
Layla was Sami's baby-mama and they had six children together.
Layla was Sami's baby-mama.
Origin
Formed in African-American Vernacular English, attested since c. 1986 and popularized in tFormed 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.
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