Mumism's Mumism: Common sentences and quotations used by mother's world-wide. "Mumisms" are genetically built into all mothers and are passed on from generation to generation. Sometimes found in other people's speech and includes repeated use of clichés that make one's voice sound exactly like their mother's (see mother tongue). See if you recognise any of these: "I swear you kids are going to drive me crazy one day" "Don't you roll your eyes at me!" "and THAT'S FINAL!" "I don't care who started it, I said stop it now!" "Who do you think you are?" "Keep doing that with your face and it'll stay that way" "I slave for hours over a hot stove and this is the thanks I get?!" "Am I embarrassing you? Really? Am I?" "If I catch you doing that one more time, I'll..." "The wind will change one day and your face will stay like that!" Click here for more