Phrases
When Mom’s irritation hits its peak, the English language takes a back seat, and this creative spelling and pronunciation appear.
What is "Stupit"?
Thanks to Mom’s bargain-hunting skills, the family got a surprise detour to this city of gods.
What is Athens, Greece?
Even while juggling patients with TB and complex surgeries, Mom somehow finds the time (and the bags) for this errand.
What are orders and returns?
Mom and Rayli stepped right into Stars Hollow while visiting the set of this iconic mother–daughter dramedy.
What is Gilmore Girls?
This is Mom’s classic response when Bubby picks up the phone — as if it’s a plot twist.
What is "Oh, hi Mom"?
In this city, Mom’s ‘Mi Amor’ got lost in translation — and so did her patience with Abba.
What is Rome, Italy?
The residents thought they were advancing medicine by insisting on these devices; little did they know they were risking their own lives with Mom.
What are the new scopes?
This medical drama doubled as Mom’s weekly opportunity to practice yelling at fictional doctors and residents.
What is Grey's Anatomy?
A missed flight to Miami caused Mom to utter this four letter word...allegedly.
What is "The F Bomb"?
This trip was packed with highlights — Judah rocking a last-minute Walmart wardrobe, Abba unearthing Uncle Buck, and Mom proving her true magic by conjuring up a gourmet feast on the road.
What is Orlando, FL?
He sculpted patients by day and unrealistic spouse checklists by night, much to Mom’s simultaneous annoyance and delight.
Who is Noah Sands, M.D.?
Mom’s long, complicated history with livestock reached new heights with feeding giraffes — but it was the goats in this show that made her stop watching.
What is Severance?
Whether she's stirring a pot or has a song stuck in her head, Mom fills the air with this Grammy-level melody.
What is "hmm hmm hmm" (Mom hum)?
This sweet destination was Mom’s escape during COVID — she loved it so much, she had seconds.
What is Bluberry Lake?
Created to reduce gridlock, this policy instead raised Mom’s blood pressure — straight to cardiologist levels.
What is NYC congestion pricing?
This was the only series Mom and Abba watched together from start to finish — and its finale explains why there was never a second.
What is Lost?
Whenever Abba mentions going on this drug, Mom prescribes this unsolicited second opinion.
What is "you don't need Ozempic"?
This city gave the family Civil War stories, river rides, and a close encounter of the third kind.
What is Harrisburg, PA?
While others leave work to collapse on the couch, Mom leaves work in her scrubs to chase this daily goal.
What is couch to 5K?
Part kitchen concert, part TV drama, this series was Mom’s Wednesday night ritual decades after visiting the show's namesake in real life.
What is Nashville?