mom jeans
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (informal) Jeans, especially those for women, considered unfashionable and unflattering.
- 1999 November 30, “101 Best Celebrity Legs”, in NYPost.com[1], retrieved 2014-07-30:
- In light of Jumbo Jessica's adventures in high-waisted "mom" jeans and ill-fitting leather pants, we bring you the 101 Best Celebrity Legs.
- 2003 May 10, “Mom Jeans: Support - Saturday Night Live”, in Saturday Night Live, season 28, via NBC:
- Mom Jeans fit Mom just the way she likes it. She'll love the nine inch zipper and casual front pleats.
- 2014 July 24, Ann-Christine Diaz, “Rewind: From Mom Jeans to Musicals, a Look Back at eBay Advertising”, in Ad Age:
- This ad shows a daughter narrowly escaping a "mom jeans" fiasco with the help of eBay's shopping app.
- high-waisted bluejeans for women
Antonyms
[edit](antonym(s) of “high-waisted jeans”):
- low-rise jeans
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English mom jeans (“high-waisted bluejeans for women”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌmam ˈd͡ʒins/ [ˌmam ˈd͡ʒin̪s]
- Rhymes: -ins
- Syllabification: mom jeans
Adjective
[edit]mom jeans (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔ ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔) (slang, dated)
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