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Definition: Big Mother


Keeping track of children via technology. Examples of Big Mother are tracking software in smartphones, nannycams and video cameras in day care centers, community playgrounds and other venues. The term was coined from "Big Brother" in George Orwell's "1984" novel about an authoritarian and oppressive state. See nannycam, cellphone spy software and Big Brother.