What is Mombie?
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A listless, unaffectionate mother who tries to go through the motions of rearing the perfect child. Equals mom + zombie. She'd rather ask her kid what a participle is, instead of trying to savor a light moment.
The community center was full of mombies, who grilled their kids coldly on what they learned today in school in the 15 minutes wait before gymnastics class.
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2.
a woman who has a child and becomes a different person than she was before (often a former feminist); her conversations all revolve around toilet training, feeding schedules, and the occasional housework; so-called because there's a certain glazed look in the eyes and she appears to have been brainwashed
Dana used to be pretty cool and loved talking about politics. Since she had her baby, though, she's a total Mombie--I asked what she thought of Obama and she looked at me blankly and asked if that was a type of stroller.
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A mom who has nothing else remotely interesting going on in her life and does nothing but focus on her children, to the point she lives vicariously through them, finding no other means of fulfillment.
"So and so pooped today and drew with it! So cute!"
"God, you're such a Mombie."
Susie spent her weekend buying diapers and school supplies. She is a sad, sad Mombie.
All Facebook and/or MySpace updates involve mundane parenting tasks and make them sound like the Superbowl.
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