| 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:
- "Don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's been."
- "Don't pick it, it'll get infected."
- "If I catch you doing that one more time, I'll..."
- "How many times do I have to tell you, don't throw things in the house!"
- "Keep doing that with your face and it'll stay that way"
- "I don't care who started it, I said stop it now!"
- "$20 for lunch? What are you having... Crayfish Mornay?"
- "How do you know you don't like it if you haven't tried it?"
- "I'll treat you like an adult when you start acting like one!"
- "Don't drink out of the milk bottle!"
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