There are “crawdads” (crawfish), but no “crawmoms.” Some people have suggested that a female crayfish is a “crawmom.”
“crawdad…..oops crawmom” was posted on the newsgroup jyu.kidsphere on December 22, 1996. “A wild scrawl proclaimed ‘Crawdads’ and ‘Crawmamas’” was posted on the newsgroup alt.fan.jimmy-buffett on February 7, 2018. “Is a female crawdad called a crawmom?” was posted on Twitter by Austin Allison on May 10, 2012. “crawmom A female crayfish” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on October 23, 2018. “Crawmom [Krah-mah m] Noun The same thing as a Crawdad, but with an equal representation for female crayfish” was posted on Twitter by Reject Dictionary on March 18, 2019.
“Crawdads imply the existence of crawmoms/crawparents/crawguardians” was posted on Twitter by Bren on July 4, 2019. “crawdads simply imply the existence of crawmoms” was posted on Twitter by 𝙇𝙇 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙂𝙖𝙮 on June 6, 2020. “The term crawdads implies the existence of crawmoms and crawbabies” was posted on Twitter by Jake Williams on July 17, 2020. “Crawdaddy implies the existence of a crawmommy” was posted on Twitter by “the big oof” on November 12, 2020. “Does the existence of crawdads imply the existence of crawmoms and crawchildren?” was posted on Twitter by Alec Stump on September 17, 2021. “Crawdads imply the existence of crawmoms” was posted on Twitter by Sarra Sedghi on January 15, 2022.
Wikipedia: Crayfish
Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters (to which they are related). In some locations, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mudbugs, or yabbies.
Google Groups: jyu.kidsphere
crawdad…..oops crawmom
KIDSPHERE Mailing Liist
Dec 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 22:35:30 -0600 (CST)
From: Doug Zink
Subject: crawdad…..oops crawmom
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KWFL - Part the 4th
GreenWoman
Feb 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM
(...)
I blinked as I passed the bathrooms ... someone had taken chalk and crossed out “Fins” and “Tails.” A wild scrawl proclaimed “Crawdads” and “Crawmamas.” I laughed and headed for the stairs.
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Off to New Orleans
Robert M. Odendahl
Jul 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM
(...)
All my life I called them crawfish, not crawdads. If they are crawdads, where are the crawmoms?
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Nichol Wolverton
@buffaloNichol
Crawdads, crawmoms, and crawfish. Boiled
6:14 PM · Jun 11, 2011·TweetCaster
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Linda Ann Jones
@ljnursepoet
When eating cajun food, I told my grnddghter it had crawdads in it. She asked, “how do u know they’re crawDAD’s + not crawMOM’s?
5:34 PM · Nov 29, 2011·Twitter for BlackBerry®
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Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
@Kcannonballers
Now that’s funny. RT “@KieranDavis22: they should be crawmoms instead of crawdads” #TwitterTrashTalkTuesday
11:39 AM · Mar 13, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Shittyaskscience
Posted by u/[deleted] April 18, 2012
I hear about people catching lots of Crawdads, but what happened to all the Crawmoms?
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Corey Paterson
@Midgetspar
If you wanna be a hardcore crawdad catcher, there’s no room to sympathize with all the widowed crawmom’s.
5:14 PM · Apr 23, 2012·Favstar.FM
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Austin Allison
@austinallison5
Is a female crawdad called a crawmom?
6:49 PM · May 10, 2012·Twitter Web Client
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Lee Duane FitzSimmons - Electronic Musical Wizard
@LeeFitzsimmons
So if you have “crawdads,” how come there aren’t any “crawmoms?”
2:31 PM · May 20, 2012·Twitter Web Client
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Michael Peeler
@peelerisms
Crawdaddy & Crawmommy http://instagr.am/p/L8lHTWLxDz/
3:31 PM · Jun 16, 2012·Instagram
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Ghandi
@TheeGandyCane
So, I’ve decided that female crawdads should be called crawmoms.
#Logic..
2:49 AM · Jun 24, 2012·Twitter for Android
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Jered kusal
@JKusal
If there are crawdads why aren’t there crawmoms??
5:48 PM · Aug 12, 2012·Twitter for Android
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Pierce Phillips
@piercehphillips
I always hear about people hunting for Crawdads…. Where are all the Crawmoms and Crawkids?
1:45 PM · Oct 29, 2012·Echofon
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Eric J. Nagurney (regular)
@enagurney
Crawdad, crawmom, crawson, crawdaughter, a whole nuclear crawfamily
6:00 PM · May 18, 2013·Twitter Web Client
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Luke Karangelen
@L_Krackalackin
Webster’s definition of a Crawmom: The female version of a Crawdad.
12:25 AM · Jan 17, 2014·Twitter Web Client
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sheelgetshyphy
@sheelgetshyphy
New Orleans has shrimp and crawdads but no crawmoms
11:26 AM · May 17, 2014·Twitter for iPad
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tristan
@TWimTho
Why are there crawdads but not crawmoms #stopgenderroles
3:09 PM · Jan 12, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
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That Giant Fork #ATX
@TheHydeParkFork
Crawfish Boil at Hyde Park South today 12 to 5. Get your Crawdads, Crawmoms, Crawuncles & Crawaunts steamed & spicey.
9:32 AM · Mar 29, 2015 from Austin, TX·Twitter Web Client
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James Earl Cox III
@just404it
Crawdads for the boys
Crawboys for the dads
Crawmoms for the girls
Crawgirls for the moms
7:09 PM · May 16, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
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CoffeeBird
@Kithrak_
Helping myself to another helping of crawdads, crawmoms, and crawsingles.
11:07 PM · Aug 2, 2015 from Kami Buffet·Twitter for iPad
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Madison Raine
@MadisonRaiine
There are so many crawdaddies, where all the crawmommies at?
2:25 AM · Dec 16, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
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Bryan Roth
@BryanDRoth
People love eating crawdads, but, it’s like, why aren’t we thinking about all the crawmoms and crawchildren, you know?
4:11 PM · Mar 27, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
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gravid dew moth
@bufo_exsul
Everyone talks about crawdads but what about crawMOMS?
1:57 AM · May 14, 2017 from Bemidji, MN·Twitter for Android
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Papa Ya
@itspapayamusic
Okay we all know about Crawdads, but seriously…what happened to the crawmoms? #crawmoms
4:27 PM · Dec 3, 2017 from Placerville, CA·Twitter for iPhone
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Connor Graham
@cjadeg4
“Crawdad is the opposite of the Crawmom!” -Guy at the bar
12:26 PM · Mar 29, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
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HOT BOY GARY
@durtnast
You always hear about the crawdads, but what about the crawmoms? Where are the crawchildren? What happened to his crawfamily?
12:22 PM · Apr 23, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
Urban Dictionary
crawmom
A female crayfish. Illegal to harvest, since they are “our future” of crayfish stock, just like female lobsters.
I hear that soon they’re gonna start mandating that fishermen clip a V-notch in crawmom’s tails to distinguish them from crawdads, just as they have to do with lobsters.
by QuacksO October 23, 2018
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Reject Dictionary
@rejected_dict
Crawmom
[Krah-mah m]
Noun
The same thing as a Crawdad, but with an equal representation for female crayfish.
Ex. Meet my step-Crawmom Harriet Fik.
4:03 PM · Mar 18, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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Bren
@brenguig
Crawdads imply the existence of crawmoms/crawparents/crawguardians
1:27 AM · Jul 4, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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JohnnyB I/Me/Mine
@JohnPaulBunyan
What kind of weird species is the crawfish, that they have crawdads but no crawmoms or crawkids? That seems really cray, and sorta fishy.
4:35 PM · Oct 21, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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Gurski
@GirthSKI
You hear about the crawdads in the south but what about the crawmoms and crawbabies?
2:26 PM · Jan 24, 2020·Twitter for Android
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𝙇𝙇 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙂𝙖𝙮
@TooTiredTurner
crawdads simply imply the existence of crawmoms
5:30 PM · Jun 6, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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bee
@bulbasaurss
why there only crawdads and not crawmoms
where the crawmommies at
2:20 PM · Aug 30, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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Jake Williams
@jakeyddaniel
The term crawdads implies the existence of crawmoms and crawbabies
6:55 PM · Jul 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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News
@fuggedupp
the existence of the Crawdad implies the existence of a crawbaby and possibly a crawbrother.
10:18 PM · Aug 10, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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the big oof
@FoSheehy
Replying to @kenklippenstein
Crawdaddy implies the existence of a crawmommy
4:53 PM · Nov 12, 2020·Twitter for Android
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Double Barrel Sha Boing Boings ➐
@Jdeezymadeitez
Crawdad
Crawmom
Crawson
Crawdaughter
Crawgrandfather
Crawgrandma
Crawuncle
Crawaunt
10:53 PM · Dec 14, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Jessie ᵔᴥᵔ
@Pizzlee_
The word crawdad implies the existence of a crawmom
11:43 PM · Jan 7, 2021·Twitter for Android
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Comeback Kiwi
@quarti_kyle
Calling crayfish crawdads implies the existence of crawmoms
7:43 PM · Apr 20, 2021·Twitter for Android
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aJohnymous
@fart_cigar
Crawdads are nice but where are all the crawmothers?
9:04 AM · Jun 5, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Cake the Human
@cake_human
Crawdad implies the existence of crawmother
2:52 AM · Jul 4, 2021·Twitter for Android
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Alec Stump
@FullStump
Does the existence of crawdads imply the existence of crawmoms and crawchildren?
12:00 PM · Sep 17, 2021·Twitter for Android
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【𝘼𝙚𝙧𝙮】
@AeryKitty
Replying to @CurlworksKigus and @DrWildlife
CrawDad implies there is the existence of CrawBaby, or CrawMom
7:32 PM · Oct 5, 2021·TweetDeck
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Sarra Sedghi
@SarraSedghi
Crawdads imply the existence of crawmoms
11:39 PM · Jan 15, 2022·Twitter for iPhone