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English
Etymology
Blend of monster + mother-in-law.
Noun
monster-in-law (plural monsters-in-law)
- (colloquial, humorous) A very unpleasant mother-in-law (spouse's mother).
2011 April 22, Anna Maxted, “Why I love my mother-in-law”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:So when we belatedly celebrated Caspar's third anniversary the following weekend, I was notably frosty towards her. But this is not a typical tale of monster-in-law woes.
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