Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (also mam and dad) mad.

1968		J. Alard He who Shoots Last 178: Dis bird’s gotta be mam and dad.
1969		S.T. Kendall Up the Frog.
1982		G. Newbold Big Huey 251: mum-and-dad (adj) Mad.
2001		D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 120/2: mum-and-dad adj. 1 crazy.
2002		Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 Mum and Dad: mad.
2003		McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl.

2. (N.Z. prison) angry.

2001

D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 120/2: mum-and-dad adj. 1 crazy 2 angry, annoyed.

3. bad.

2002

D. Shaw ‘Dead Beard’ at www.asstr.org 🌐 What the hell, I’m on holiday and getting a free rubber duck, so that can’t be mum and dad, can it?