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As an aside, is mother actually the term? My first readthrough of your comment had me envisioning an incredibly knowledgeable parent with a cool hobby before I
by beowulfey 4y ago
As an aside, is mother actually the term? My first readthrough of your comment had me envisioning an incredibly knowledgeable parent with a cool hobby before I realized what you meant!
- Taywee 4y agoAccording to Wiktionary, it's been used since at least 2001. I was similarly confused.
- myfonj 4y agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moth-er https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moth-er is filed with hyphen ("moth-er"); hyphenless spelling ("mother") is listed as an alternative form. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother does not mention that fact, though. Nevertheless, what a nice new ambiguous word to spice up the context!
- ask_b123 4y agoIt had me rereading the parent to see when parents or kids had been mentioned.