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mom and pop 

A business which poses as a knowledgeable and capable entity, but which is actually just a couple of clowns trying to make an easy buck.
Larry: I just paid $5,000 for this really awesome course in

digital film animation screenplay-based photography!
Bill: Oh yeah?
Larry: Yeah boyeee! I'm gonna make some cool s%$t after

I pass my course and get rich, yo!
Bill: So what are you doing in the course now?
Larry: Ahhh, ummm...well...we're uh...doing..this..uh...
Bill: Sounds to me like it's a mom and pop op.
mom and pop by any none March 22, 2011
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mom and pop 

A bullshit term used by wealthy boomers to garner sympathy for their exploitative business practices. Often the business is under threat from possible regulation, and use of the term 'mom and pop' is a cheesy attempt to get young and less affluent people to distinguish between them and a large corporation, but often there is very little difference in principles aside from the scale. Often a large private business in the millions of dollars will describe themselves as mom-and-pop anyway as a marketing gimmick. At this point, the term has been used so frequently and inappropriately that it no longer holds any distinction, aside from making an entitled fair-weather capitalist stand out in the rain.
We are just normal mom and pop landlords, where your rent increase comes with freshly baked cookies.

Won't someone stick up for the mom and pop hedge fund managers of the world.
mom and pop by jimbobfrites August 9, 2021

mom and pop shop 

Local corner store owned by local. Not a 7-eleven franchise.
Brit: Where'd you go yesterday?
Max: A mom and pop shop.
Brit: Okay, but they have everything at 7-eleven for cheaper!
mom and pop shop by gtbbgtbb August 9, 2017

Mom and Pop Store 

An independantly owned business. If it is a music business, they will sometimes release CD's a week before they come out.
Yo, that Mom and Pop store down on west 73rd has the new G Unit Cd. Go cop it now b4 that ish run out!
Mom and Pop Store by Anonymous November 7, 2003

mom and pop special 

We had a mom and pop special right after the baby went to sleep.
mom and pop special by hammerd November 10, 2013

mom-and-popped

To enlist permission from another authority after one authority denied an initial claim. In practice, this would be like a child not getting a favorable permission from a parent, and then going to another to hopefully get a new, favorable outcome.
Lenny the office worker wanted to listen to music at work, but his boss said no. He then mom-and-popped the situation and asked his boss's boss to hear some tunes.