What's the difference between mommy and tommy?

Mommy


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a rare move, Cannes judges decided to split the jury prize between Mommy , a boisterous Oedipal comedy from Canada's 25-year-old Xavier Dolan, and the abstract, oblique Goodbye to Language from the 83-year-old provocateur Jean-Luc Godard.
  • (2) Perhaps the most sensational competition debut is the 25-year-old wunderkind Xavier Dolan with his black-comedy-cum-Oedipal heartbreaker Mommy .
  • (3) He dubbed Marco Rubio “Little Marco”; said Jeb Bush needed the help of his “mommy” to get elected; and referred to the size of his own penis in a televised debate.
  • (4) More than a decade later when Lesléa Newman's Heather Has Two Mommies was published in the US a similar outcry followed, and the book was banned from libraries in many states.
  • (5) "It's made of a hard-coated polycarbonate" (isn't that plastic , mommy?)
  • (6) The first stimulus (MOMMY AND I ARE ONE) was intended to activate unconscious symbiotic fantasies that in a number of prior studies reduced pathology in groups of relatively differentiated schizophrenics.
  • (7) The other stimuli were intended to activate reassuring unconscious fantasies about "mommy" that were not specifically symbiosis-related.
  • (8) The Jury prize is shared by Xavier Dolan's Mommy and Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language Whoops and cheers in the press room as Dolan's name is called out.
  • (9) Only the MOMMY AND I ARE ONE stimulus led to more adaptive behavior and did so on all three dependent variables.
  • (10) Then, in different sessions, in counterbalanced order, each patient received one of three experimental (or "critical") stimuli: a) a neutral control stimulus; b) a message--CANNIBAL EATS PERSON--intended to activate aggressive ideation; c) a message--I AM LOSING MOMMY--intended to activate fantasies of object loss.
  • (11) • Gallery: how the night unfolded • Peter Bradshaw's take Reviews of the winners • Winter Sleep • The Wonders • Mommy • Goodbye to Language • Foxcatcher • Mr Turner • Maps to the Stars • Leviathan
  • (12) The control stimulus for all groups was the message PEOPLE ARE WALKING and the experimental stimuli were the messages MOMMY AND I ARE ONE, MOMMY IS ALWAYS WITH ME, MOMMY FEEDS ME WELL, and I CANNOT HURT MOMMY (one for each group).
  • (13) The two appear in a corner of the exhibit while visitors yell, “Somebody call the zoo!” and “Mommy’s right here!” The station did not air portions of the video showing the gorilla dragging the boy.
  • (14) She closed the show with a tour-de-force medley from Beyoncé , the “visual album” she unexpectedly dropped in December, before accepting the Video Vanguard Award from husband Jay Z and daughter Blue Ivy, who – with her adorable, mommy-inspired dance moves – was arguably the MVP of the night.
  • (15) In the subliminal condition (4 ms exposure time), subjects shown the experimental message "Mommy is Leaving Me" ate significantly fewer crackers than those exposed to the neutral message "Mona is Loaning It" (p = .04).
  • (16) Another gay couple I speak to say they go by "Mommy and Mommy2".
  • (17) "I share Aronowitz's concern that mommy bloggers aren't flying the feminist flag, but that's just the tip of the iceberg," wrote one new mom and feminist .
  • (18) Britain's Sam Taylor-Johnson has been named as the surprise choice to direct the forthcoming big-screen adaptation of "mommy porn" literary sensation Fifty Shades of Grey .
  • (19) The result is that at times Battle Hymn reads like an American-Asian version of Mommie Dearest .
  • (20) I can remember being home one day and there was a knock at the door – a guy selling something – and he said, 'Hon, is your mommy home?'

Tommy


Definition:

  • (n.) Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
  • (n.) A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tommy (1975), an engaging version of the Who's slightly dotty rock opera, was followed by two of his less successful freeform biographies, Lisztomania (1975), starring the Who's Roger Daltrey, and Valentino (1977), starring Rudolf Nureyev.
  • (2) Ervin Santana is in Atlanta, meaning the rotation is thinner and with reliever Luke Hochevar is out with Tommy John surgery , that’s not a great start.
  • (3) Not so in 2012, with the shortlist for outstanding achievement in dance revealed as Edward Watson for The Metamorphosis at Covent Garden; Sylvie Guillem for 6,000 Miles Away at Sadler's Wells and Tommy Franzen for Some Like it Hip Hop at the Peacock.
  • (4) Ole Tommy Pedersen was standing at a bus stop 100 metres from the government high-rise when the explosion occurred.
  • (5) Patch had always felt, he wrote in The Last Fighting Tommy, that "politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better than legalised mass murder".
  • (6) We’ve got a lot of people who are hurt, and there’s a lot of people, I’m sure, who aren’t gonna be here tomorrow,” said West’s mayor, Tommy Muska.
  • (7) Out Kyle Walker (Villa, loan), David Bentley (B'ham, loan) , Jamie O'Hara (Wolves, loan) , Robbie Keane (West Ham, loan) , Harry Kane (L Orient, loan), Jonathan Obika (Peterborough, loan), Ryan Mason (Doncaster, loan), Tommy Carroll (L Orient, loan), Gio dos Santos (Racing Santander, loan).
  • (8) Notice of their title bid had been served with a spectacular 7-4 victory at Anfield in September 1946 over a Chelsea side who had been tipped for great things themselves, having just signed superstar striker Tommy Lawton.
  • (9) Sean Ingle Wimbledon No one has broken Roger Federer’s serve at these championships, let alone taken a set, and the appreciative midsummer murmurs from No1 Court as the seven-times Wimbledon champion elegantly dissected Tommy Robredo suggested they believe he retains the game to win a record eighth title.
  • (10) Tommy Banks, Bolton's left back, was exhausted by his efforts to halt Matthews, contracting cramp in his shins, and four times leaving the field for treatment in the final quarter hour.
  • (11) It feels like it was only yesterday that I was kicking Blue Jasmine down the stairs like Tommy Udo in Kiss Of Death.
  • (12) The two were campaigning around the state on Saturday, though a morning clash of schedules that would have placed them at the same location, Tommy's Ham House in Greenville, at exactly the same time was avoided when Romney rescheduled his visit.
  • (13) Tommy from Vice City is a cackling psychopath, and CJ from San Andreas merely rides the acquisitionist philosophy of hip-hop culture to terminal amorality.
  • (14) The anti-Muslim group Pegida UK is due to return at the end of next month led by the UK’s most high-profile far-right activist, the former EDL leader Tommy Robinson .
  • (15) Tommy Robinson took a few seconds on Sunday evening to make an observation about Twitter's homepage.
  • (16) Then there's Roger Federer up against the doughty Tommy Robredo, who beat the world No4 at the US Open last year.
  • (17) Taylor had alleged that that Tommy Suharto, the son of the former Indonesian president, was paid $20m (£12m) by Rolls-Royce and given a Rolls-Royce car to persuade the Garuda airline to procure Trent 700 engines in 1990.
  • (18) A number of prominent new SNP members are being tipped to fight Labour seats in May, including the arts promoter Tommy Sheppard and the former Manchester United and Hearts footballer Michael Stewart.
  • (19) "Tommy has dedicated his life to helping others," she said.
  • (20) You approach the car, hit the assigned button, and watch Tommy rip the owner from the vehicle, throw him on to the street and drive off.

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