baby mama

noun

variants or less commonly baby mamma or baby momma

slang

: the mother of a man's biological child

especially : one who is not married to or in a long-term, intimate relationship with the child's father

"I beat up my baby mama's boyfriend," said Raul, when I asked him what he was in for.

—Kendra Whitlow, Valley Advocate (Springfield, Massachusetts), 5 June 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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