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Ma’am has came 

A way to inform your class that a teacher is entering the classroom
Everyone - misbehaving
Pattie - ma’am has came
Everyone - shutting up and going to their seats

Ma'am up 

Female equivalent to "man up" with same connotations of bravery, duty, endurance, etc.
(mother to daughter) "Ginnie Mae tole me Festus had done stoled the grocery money for crack again. I tole her she best ma'am up and burn his ass up in bed for the insurance money."
Ma'am up by silkiechicken May 29, 2011

Ma'am Zone 

You have entered the Ma'am Zone when store employees stop calling you miss and start calling you Ma'am.
That cashier called me Ma'am. Oh God, have I really entered the Ma'am Zone?
Ma'am Zone by Lulujo August 26, 2017

Ma'am up 

When a woman needs to "Man up" about something....
Quit whining about it and "Ma'am up"
Ma'am up by wordbuildermike August 30, 2018

Ma'am-nesia 

A partial or total loss of memory effecting only women whilst shopping for clothes or holiday decorations.
Becky excitedly purchased a $200 Halloween wreath, not realizing she had already bought the same wreath, due to an early onset case of ma'am-nesia.
Ma'am-nesia by Tommy Shenanigans October 14, 2021

Ma'am-Sir 

This occurs when a guy gets confused for a girl over the phone due to his soft tone of voice.
Guy: "Good afternoon, thank you for calling company X"

Caller: "Good afternoon Ma'am-Sir..."

Guy: "I'm a sir, not a ma'am-sir."
Ma'am-Sir by Louis Xavier December 17, 2008