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mums the word 

to keep quiet about something; my lips are sealed.
mum means mmmmmm (the sound made when putting your lips together)
came from Shakespeare quote:
"Seal up your lips and give no words but mum."
person 1: "Please don't tell anyone about my affair."

person 2: "Don't worry i won't. Mums the word."
mums the word by bnm15 July 4, 2009

MUMs The Word 

A criticism pertaining the management, when criticising middle management or other useless and expensive building hold backs, Gölök Buday, the Black Jester would say "MUMs the word," going back to the 2000 election when Maharishi's university of Management started getting noticed, ala John Hageline.
Products would cost less if they spent less of tedious corporate bureaucracy, MUMs the Word!
MUMs The Word by pornstitute August 16, 2023

mum's the word 

means to keep this a secret; don't tell anybody
I don't want anybody to know about this affair until next week, so mum's the word!
mum's the word by Venera December 22, 2005

mum's the word 

keep quiet about it (possibly from the sound one makes when trying to speak with closed lips, Attributed to William Shakespeare)
Remember, until further notice, mum's the word.
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
Word of the Day on August 4, 2026

Walky-Talky 

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
Word of the Day on August 3, 2026