motherfucker
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motherfucker
- /mʌðəˌfʌkə/ UK
- /mʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/ US
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
Proto-Germanic *mōdēr
Proto-West Germanic *mōder
Old English mōdor
Middle English moder
English mother
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-
Proto-Germanic *fukkōną
Old English *fuccian
Middle English *fukken
English fuck
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English fucker
English motherfucker
Compound of mother + fucker; attested since 1918. The injury comes from the implication of somebody sleeping with their own mother, but was probably not used literally until later.
Also analyzed as a calque of Hindustani مَادَر چود (mādar cod) / मादरचोद (mādarcod).
interjection MF · mf · mofo · mothafucka · mothafucker · mothafugga
- Expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.
noun motherfuckers · MF · mf · mofo · mothafucka · mothafucker
- An extremely contemptible, vicious or mean person. Up against the wall, motherfucker.
- Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening. Check out this motherfucker.
- An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative. War is a motherfucker.
- To an extreme degree. I jammed my finger in the door yesterday. It hurt like a motherfucker.
- A good very close friend or relative. How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker?
- One who engages in incest with their mother. For quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfucker.
- One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
Similar: futhermucker, motherchucker, motherfouler, motherlicker, mothersucker, motherfunker, motherhumper, motherfricker, motherlover, motherflipper, mothertrucker, motherfluffer
