ma'aming
SayMAM-ing/ˈmæmɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of ma'am.
The waiter kept ma'aming my grandmother, and she loved every minute of it.
His habit of ma'aming every woman over thirty drove his sister up the wall.
Note
Turning a polite term of address into an action, the verb keeps the apostrophe of ma'am, a contraction of madam, and simply adds -ing. The woman addressed is its direct object, and it is informal, so it tends to describe a habit rather than a single courtesy: the clerk kept ma'aming her. Whether that habit sounds respectful or grating depends on who is listening.
ma'aming is a form of ma'am
ma'am, verb: To address a woman as “ma'am” when speaking to her. Full entry
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