The mother of one's boyfriend or girlfriend. / The mother of any of one's friends. / The mother of one's ex-spouse.

Alternative form of who's 'she', the cat's mother.

(paganism, archaeology) Alternative form of Earth Mother

(simile) Paying extremely close attention; in an extremely protective way

(slang, euphemistic) A tranquilizer taken to reduce anxiety; meprobamate, diazepam.

(New Zealand politics) The 1991 New Zealand budget delivered by Minister of Finance Ruth Richardson.

(chiefly US, dated) Good gracious; good heavens.

(idiomatic, somewhat dated, Britain, Ireland, New England) A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to a woman as "she", instead of using her name or an appropriately respectful title.

(idiomatic) Used to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics.

One could be someone's parent, said of a woman older than a man.