mom and apple pie
Traditional American values
Mom and apple pie is a trope that represents values of traditional American domestic life.
It may be used literally or ironically.
Quality of being good
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
- heartlandCentral region of significance
nostalgia · family · values · innocence · simplicity · idealism · sentimentality · Norman Rockwell
wholesomeness
Quality of being good
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
heartland · nostalgia · family · values · innocence · simplicity · idealism · sentimentality · Norman Rockwell · small-town
mom and apple piecounterculture
Rejection of mainstream values
decadence · vice · hedonism · moral decay · corruption
mom and apple piecynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
irony · disillusionment · sophistication · skepticism · worldly-wise
mom and apple pieun-American
Contrary to national ideals
foreign influence · cosmopolitanism · globalism · worldliness · exotic