[Vocabulary] stingiest relative

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beachboy

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If somebody asked me: "Beachboy, who's your stingiest relative?", would it be wrong or maybe strange if I answered "My mother is"?
 

GoesStation

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No, it would be natural. You might even begin with something like "It's not even close! My mother is."
 

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You could simply use My mother.
 
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