Comments on: Mommick / Mammock http://www.word-detective.com/2011/12/mommick-mammock/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sherwood Williford http://www.word-detective.com/2011/12/mommick-mammock/comment-page-1/#comment-43122 Sherwood Williford Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:06:55 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5977#comment-43122 I recently began writing a column for the Goldsboro News-Argus, NC. An article I have just composed includes the word mommick, whhich was standard fare here in eastern North Carolina when I was growing up. The word puzzles most northern and western "intruders" but the homefolks understand, "Don't mommick it up." It simply means don't mess it up or screw it up. Sherwood 'Owl' Williford I recently began writing a column for the Goldsboro News-Argus, NC. An article I have just composed includes the word mommick, whhich was standard fare here in eastern North Carolina when I was growing up. The word puzzles most northern and western “intruders” but the homefolks understand, “Don’t mommick it up.” It simply means don’t mess it up or screw it up.

Sherwood ‘Owl’ Williford

]]> By: Paul Klein http://www.word-detective.com/2011/12/mommick-mammock/comment-page-1/#comment-28682 Paul Klein Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:09:35 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5977#comment-28682 When you say Eastern NC, do you mean Carteret County, east of Beaufort? The term was in common usage in the '50s and '60s when I was growing up there. "Honey, he mommocked it!" When you say Eastern NC, do you mean Carteret County, east of Beaufort? The term was in common usage in the ’50s and ’60s when I was growing up there.

“Honey, he mommocked it!”

]]> By: Kjeri Kaye http://www.word-detective.com/2011/12/mommick-mammock/comment-page-1/#comment-27788 Kjeri Kaye Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:06:13 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5977#comment-27788 So, is Mammock related at all to amok as in "The furious chinchilla ran amok, mammocking everything in sight including the poodle." So, is Mammock related at all to amok as in “The furious chinchilla ran amok, mammocking everything in sight including the poodle.”

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