Mister Mom

English

Noun

Mister Mom (plural Mister Moms)

  1. (informal, Canada, US) A househusband who looks after his children.
    • 2002, William R. Reid, The Serpent and the Church at Jerrico Springs, page 165:
      He knew he would always get a laugh or two from her descriptions of her husband and home life now that she was “back in school” and he was, for all practical purposes, a mister mom.
    • 2008, Sheri A. Rosenthal, Banish Mind Spam!, page 61:
      A man should not let his wife work and certainly should not be a “mister mom.”
    • 2008, Suzanne Redfern, Susan K. Gilbert, The Grieving Garden: Living with the Death of a Child:
      Ronnie had a son, not long before he died. The baby was about two years old. When anybody saw him, they saw the baby. So he was called a Mister Mom, and he didn't care; […]

Alternative forms
  • Mr. Mom, Mr Mom
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