mum and dadadj.

Brit.

/ˌmʌm ən ˈdad/, U.S.

/ˌməm ən ˈdæd/, Australian English

/ˌmʌm ən ˈdæd/, New Zealand English

/ˌmʌm ən ˈdɛd/

Forms: 1900s– mum and dad, 1900s– mums and dads.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mum n.², and conj.¹, dad n.¹

Etymology: < mum n.² + and conj.¹ + dad n.¹ Compare earlier mom-and-pop adj.

colloquial (chiefly Australian and New Zealand).

attributive. Designating a business venture, esp. a small shop, of a type often run by a married couple. Later also: denoting any pastime, activity, etc., typically associated with or regarded as appealing to married couples; spec. designating or relating to an investment opportunity designed for small-scale investors. Cf. mom-and-pop adj. and n.

ΚΠ

1952 News (Adelaide) 1 May 13/6 [He] described the shops as small shows run at all hours of the day and night by the mother and father of a family. ‘Mum and Dad shops,’ he dubbed them.

1960 Canberra Times 18 Jan. 9/2 ‘Mum and Dad’ store suitable for the beginner or the very experienced.

1985 Chilton's Hardware Age (Nexis) Aug. 217 Many small independents—the ‘Mum and Dad’ stores—still don't understand language like variable pricing and inventory control.

1989 Guardian (BNC) 31 Dec. This is only one of several tactics which has the incidental effect of squeezing the ‘Mum and Dad’ [travel] agencies.

1993 Financial Rev. (Sydney) 1 Oct. 43/1 The financing authority would decide ‘in the next few days’ whether to market a special mums-and-dads bond on the back of Sydney's selection as host city for the Olympics.

2000 N.Z. Herald (Electronic ed.) 14 Oct. It's not just the Mum and Dad investors who have taken this approach either.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mum and dad
释义	mum and dadadj. Brit. /ˌmʌm ən ˈdad/, U.S. /ˌməm ən ˈdæd/, Australian English /ˌmʌm ən ˈdæd/, New Zealand English /ˌmʌm ən ˈdɛd/ Forms: 1900s– mum and dad, 1900s– mums and dads. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mum n.², and conj.¹, dad n.¹ Etymology: < mum n.² + and conj.¹ + dad n.¹ Compare earlier mom-and-pop adj. colloquial (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). attributive. Designating a business venture, esp. a small shop, of a type often run by a married couple. Later also: denoting any pastime, activity, etc., typically associated with or regarded as appealing to married couples; spec. designating or relating to an investment opportunity designed for small-scale investors. Cf. mom-and-pop adj. and n. ΚΠ 1952 News (Adelaide) 1 May 13/6 [He] described the shops as small shows run at all hours of the day and night by the mother and father of a family. ‘Mum and Dad shops,’ he dubbed them. 1960 Canberra Times 18 Jan. 9/2 ‘Mum and Dad’ store suitable for the beginner or the very experienced. 1985 Chilton's Hardware Age (Nexis) Aug. 217 Many small independents—the ‘Mum and Dad’ stores—still don't understand language like variable pricing and inventory control. 1989 Guardian (BNC) 31 Dec. This is only one of several tactics which has the incidental effect of squeezing the ‘Mum and Dad’ [travel] agencies. 1993 Financial Rev. (Sydney) 1 Oct. 43/1 The financing authority would decide ‘in the next few days’ whether to market a special mums-and-dads bond on the back of Sydney's selection as host city for the Olympics. 2000 N.Z. Herald (Electronic ed.) 14 Oct. It's not just the Mum and Dad investors who have taken this approach either. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1952
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