Wordwatch: Mum’s the word
There has been a universal narrowing of vocabulary meaning that the word “mum” has come to replace “mother” or “mummy”.
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There has been a universal narrowing of vocabulary meaning that the word “mum” has come to replace “mother” or “mummy”.
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