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