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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread mother of all? #44036 10/09/2001 12:05 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10 reed stranger reed stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10 Does anyone have an idea of when the expression "mother of all" came into common usage in American English? For example, Hurricane Andrew was the mother of all hurricanes. Seems to me it's a fairly recent addition. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted mother of all? reed 10/09/2001 12:05 AM Re: mother of all? Keiva 10/09/2001 1:03 AM Re: mother of all? Geoff 10/09/2001 12:58 PM Re: mother of all? tsuwm 10/09/2001 1:10 PM Re: mother of all humans Faldage 10/09/2001 2:11 PM Re: mother of all? teresag 10/09/2001 12:59 PM Re: "mother of a __" vs "mother of all __" Keiva 10/09/2001 2:50 PM Re: "mother of all" wow 10/09/2001 4:58 PM Re: "mother of all" Keiva 10/09/2001 5:20 PM Re: "mother of all" wwh 10/09/2001 5:43 PM Re: "mother of all" Capital Kiwi 10/09/2001 8:23 PM Re: "mother of all" wwh 10/09/2001 8:55 PM Re: "mother of all" Capital Kiwi 10/09/2001 10:54 PM Re: "mother of all" tsuwm 10/09/2001 11:41 PM Re: "mother of all" doc_comfort 10/10/2001 3:14 AM Re: "mother of all" Jackie 10/10/2001 9:45 AM Re: "mother of all" stales 10/10/2001 1:25 PM Re: "mother of all __" cum "mother of a __" Faldage 10/10/2001 1:37 PM Re: "mother of all __" cum "mother of a __" of troy 10/10/2001 3:31 PM Re: "mother of all __" cum "mother of a __" Keiva 10/10/2001 9:00 PM Re: "mother of all __"; translations Keiva 10/10/2001 9:07 PM Re: "mother of all __"; translations Capital Kiwi 10/10/2001 9:39 PM Re: "mother of all __"; translations tsuwm 10/11/2001 3:38 AM Re: reactions to motherhood Keiva 10/11/2001 4:25 AM Re: reactions to motherhood tsuwm 10/11/2001 4:53 AM Re: mother of all? wwh 10/10/2001 12:11 AM Re: mother of all? Capital Kiwi 10/10/2001 4:11 PM Re: mother of all? Jorg 10/05/2014 7:04 AM Re: mother of all? LukeJavan8 10/05/2014 4:45 PM Re: mother of all? Cowboy_Monkey 04/19/2015 12:45 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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