momster
n.— «I have seen the wonderful tenderness of some mothers, and I’ve seen the damage that can be done by the Joan Crawfords of the world—what I affectionately called “the momsters.” Most mothers, my own included, are somewhere in the middle. They do their best and sometimes succeed and sometimes fail, but they manage to get by because of the love they have for their children.» —“For the sons and daughters of mothers” by Michael Mager Times-Review (Cleburne, Texas) May 13, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The now-extinct Tocharian languages were spoken in western China in the latter half of the first millennium CE. We have only fragments of written texts in these languages, but here’s part of a Tocharian love poem that conveys emotions that echo...
Words for “mother” begin with the letter M in many languages, but not all of them. The reason has to do with the physiology of infant vocalization. Among the first sounds babies make are bilabial sounds with an open vowel, the lips coming together...