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  • noun North America A memoir written by or about a mother.

Etymologies

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Blend of mom and memoir.

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Examples

  • It's what's called momoir, I suppose, but it's so much more than that.

    Archive 2008-04-27 2008

  • It's what's called momoir, I suppose, but it's so much more than that.

    Fear And Loving In The Mother 'Hood 2008

  • Gayle Batt is the vivacious and larger-than-life mother of actor Bryan Batt and the subject of his memoir (also coined his "momoir") which deals with his upbringing in New Orleans, his road to showbiz (perhaps you know him as Mad Men's Salvatore Romano or from his various Broadway and film roles) and his mother's strong and supportive presence.

    Cathy Whitlock: An Ode to Steel Magnolias and Their Sons 2010

  • Gayle Batt is the vivacious and larger-than-life mother of actor Bryan Batt and the subject of his memoir (also coined his "momoir") which deals with his upbringing in New Orleans, his road to showbiz (perhaps you know him as Mad Men's Salvatore Romano or from his various Broadway and film roles) and his mother's strong and supportive presence.

    Cathy Whitlock: An Ode to Steel Magnolias and Their Sons 2010

  • Gayle Batt is the vivacious and larger-than-life mother of actor Bryan Batt and the subject of his memoir (also coined his momoir

    Cathy Whitlock: An Ode to Steel Magnolias and Their Sons 2010

  • Becky's memoir is in fact a "momoir," which she contributed as an entry to our

    SMITH Magazine Superfeed 2009

  • They somehow gave way to "chick lit" (and its evil twin, "lad lit"), which in turn gave birth (no pun intended) to everyone's favorite, the "momoir."

    Lissa Warren: "It Lit" 2008

  • Book lovers know him from She Ain't Heavy She's My Mother, his momoir as he describes it about his mother, Gayle.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011

  • It’s what’s called momoir, I suppose, but it’s so much more than that.

    Fear And Loving In The Mother ‘Hood | Her Bad Mother 2008

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