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- noun A
manager who is also one'smother .
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Examples
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And it's all thanks to "momager" Kris, who has worked to expose her six children -- and sell them -- to a staggering degree.
How The Kardashians Made $65 Million in 2010 Jordan Zakarin 2011
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And it's all thanks to "momager" Kris, who has worked to expose her six children -- and sell them -- to a staggering degree.
How The Kardashians Made $65 Million in 2010 Jordan Zakarin 2011
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Kris, of course, is the wildly busy "momager" of what may be the first successfully branded
NYT > Home Page By DAPHNE MERKIN 2010
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Kris Jenner, the family matriarch and self-described "momager," said she had little time for those who criticized her brood for being "famous for nothing."
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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Or from Hollywood, like "momager," the mother of a celebrity who also serves as business manager?
Forbes.com: News Edited by Anna Vander Broek and David M. Ewalt 2009
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He had obtained a number for Ashanti's "momager" after hounding hip-hop bigwig with phonecalls in which he sang into his answering machine.
The Celebrity Blog , Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog 2009
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The public has been on to Kim and her momager Kris Jenner for awhile now.
Celebrity Inc.: The Truth Behind Kim Kardashian's Divorce 2011
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But thanks to shrewd marketing and plenty of product placement (thanks no doubt to her business-savvy "momager," Kris) and gobs of interest from the paparazzi as well as the mainstream press (in everything Kim) just about all of us knew many of the details beforehand.
Jim Moret: What's Good for Kim Is Bad for Us Jim Moret 2011
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But thanks to shrewd marketing and plenty of product placement (thanks no doubt to her business-savvy "momager," Kris) and gobs of interest from the paparazzi as well as the mainstream press (in everything Kim) just about all of us knew many of the details beforehand.
Jim Moret: What's Good for Kim Is Bad for Us Jim Moret 2011
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In other Jenner guest-hosting news, the momager reportedly also will give it a go at Today in October, according to her rep.
Kris Jenner to Guest-Host The Talk and Today in the Fall 2011
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In interviews, Kris Jenner, 63, the self-identified “momager,” and each of her five daughters — Kourtney, 39, Kim, 38, Khloé, 34, Kendall, 23, and Kylie, 21 — talked at length about the family business.
dahnielson commented on the word momager
Portmanteau of "mom" and "manager". E.g. Dina Lohan is Lindsay Lohan's momager.
April 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word momager
I like this. Can we do 'mumager' too for us that use 'mum'?
April 18, 2008
frindley commented on the word momager
Mumager has the nice added connotation of rummager – how many times do you see the mother rummaging around in the bottom of capacious bag with one hand while trying to keep kiddie in line with the other?
April 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word momager
I think that sounds even better than momager. :-)
April 18, 2008