mother lode
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Originally meaning a main vein in mining, the spelling “motherload” is a mistake which is probably influenced by people thinking it means “the mother of all heavy loads.”
A “lode” was originally a stream of water, but by analogy it became a vein of metal ore. A vein of mineral ore deposited between clearly demarcated layers of rock ahdictionary dot com Miners of precious metals live to find a 'lode' of gold, which they refer to as a “mother lode,” often spelled as two words, sometimes as one (neither is in the dictionary though).
Definition paraphrased from Washington State University website
A “lode” was originally a stream of water, but by analogy it became a vein of metal ore. A vein of mineral ore deposited between clearly demarcated layers of rock ahdictionary dot com Miners of precious metals live to find a 'lode' of gold, which they refer to as a “mother lode,” often spelled as two words, sometimes as one (neither is in the dictionary though).
Definition paraphrased from Washington State University website
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Mother lode
Clusters of peanuts, dark chocolate and seeds baked in a stream of golden honey and coconut oil; Vein of gold. Origin of something valuable or in great abundance.
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Motherlover
1) one who loves his friend's mother... quite literally, in fact.
2) the solution when you forget to buy your mom a Mother's Day gift.
3) the sequel to SNL's "Dick in a Box," starring Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake.
2) the solution when you forget to buy your mom a Mother's Day gift.
3) the sequel to SNL's "Dick in a Box," starring Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake.
"I'm a motherlover, you're a motherlover, we should fuck each other's mothers, fuck each other's moms."
Motherlover by lrob84 June 7, 2009
Motherlove
Refers to the song ‘Motherlove’ by Bea Miller
It’s supposed to be like “i’d rather lay in bed and fuck myself” but we had to be slightly more clever about it and decided on motherlove to imply motherfuck u - Bea Miller.
It’s supposed to be like “i’d rather lay in bed and fuck myself” but we had to be slightly more clever about it and decided on motherlove to imply motherfuck u - Bea Miller.
Motherlove by GeniusBB May 8, 2018
Motherlode
Motherlode by CheatCodeGamer February 24, 2011