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mombie

mombie

1 9.9
A mother who is very tired and forgetful because she has little sleep
  • noun
  • /ˈmɑːm.bi/
  • Slang
translation icon : mombie
  • Her friends joked that she had turned into a mombie since becoming a mother, always forgetting things.

Examples

  • She's really pro-kids and parents, but is not pro-crazy mombie on Facebook.

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  • As a new mother, she often felt like a mombie, dragging herself through the day with little energy.

  • After countless sleepless nights, she became a true mombie, struggling to concentrate at work.

Synonyms

total mombie
vsmombie
  • Offensive
9.9

A very tired person who is slow and unresponsive from lack of sleep

is specific to mothers and focuses on absent-mindedness from sleep loss

Compounds

total mombie
  • Offensive
9.9

A very tired person who is slow and unresponsive from lack of sleep

How Tired

sleep deprivation
  • Offensive
12 5.3
exhaustion
78 3.6
mombie
  • Slang
1 9.9
tiredness
10 1.0
sleepiness
8 1.0

Surface Forms

mombie singular
mombies plural

Morphology

mombie = mom + zombie (transparent) = mom + zombie

The meaning is clearly derived from blending 'mom' and 'zombie' to describe a tired, zombie-like mother.

Etymology

Mombie is a modern mix of mom ('mother') and zombie ('a person who moves without energy'). It paints a picture of a mother so tired from lack of sleep, often from caring for a child, that she acts absent-minded and slow, which is why the word means a very tired mother.