Big Mother

Big Mother
 n.β€” Β«Granted, wearing a seat belt is advisable and should be a law when applied to children, but to apply it to adults limits freedom and supports the relentlessly growing Big Mother attitude of government.Β» β€”β€œLetters To The Editor” by Arthur C. Heinsen in San Jose San Francisco Chronicle (California) Jan. 9, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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