motherfucker

English

Alternative forms

• mother-fucker, mother fucker

Etymology

From mother +‎ fucker

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭth'er-fŭk'er, mŭth'ŭ-fŭk'er

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Noun

motherfucker (plural motherfuckers)

1. (strongly vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible person.

   Up against the wall, motherfucker.

2. (strongly vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.

   Check out this motherfucker.

3. (markedly vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.

   War is a motherfucker.

   I jammed my finger in the door yesterday. It hurt like a motherfucker.

   You mess with me, and I will come at you like a motherfucker.

4. (teasingly, friendly, jokingly, vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.

   How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker?

5. (literally, vulgar) One who engages in incest with their mother.
   • For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
6. (literally, vulgar) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.

Synonyms

• futhermucker (spoonerism), mofo, motherchucker (bowdlerization), motherfouler (bowdlerization), motherfunker (euphemistic), motherhumper (euphemistic), motherlicker (bowdlerization), motherlover, (euphemistic), muhfugga (African American Vernacular), muthafucka (African American Vernacular)

Derived terms

• mofo
• motherfucking
• motherfuck
• muthafucka

Related terms

• fatherfucker
• sisterfucker
• brotherfucker

Translations

generic term of abuse

• Armenian: բոզի տղա (hy) (bozi tgha), բոզի տղեք (hy) (bozi tgheq) pl
• Bulgarian: копеле (bg) (kopele)
• Catalan: fill de puta (ca) m, mal parit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 屌你老母 (diu2nei3lo3mo3)

  Mandarin: 傻屄 (cmn) (shǎbī), 肏你媽 (cmn), 肏你妈 (cmn) (cào nǐ mā), 幹你娘 (cmn), 干你娘 (cmn) (gàn nǐ niang)

• Czech: zkurvysyn (cs) m, mamrd (cs) m
• Dutch: moederneuker (nl) (never used except to be funny), kankerlijer (nl), mogool (nl) (more common).
• Estonian: piider (et), munn (et), türapea (et)
• Finnish: kusipää (fi)
• French: fils de pute (fr) (son of a bitch), enculé de ta mère (fr)
• German: Wichser (de), Arschloch (de), Drecksau (de), Mutterficker (de) (rare)
• Greek: καριόλη (el) (karioli), παλιογαμιολης (el) (paliogamiolis), παλιοπαπάρας (el) (paliopaparas)
• Hebrew: בן זונה (he) (ben zona)
• Hindi: मादरचोद (hi) (madarchod), कमीने (hi) (kamīnē)
• Hungarian: anyaszomorító (hu), anyabaszó (hu)
• Indonesian: keparat (id)
• Italian: figlio di puttana (it) (son of a bitch), pezzo di merda (it) (piece of shit)

• Japanese: くそったれ (ja) (kusottare), 貴様 (ja) (きさま, kisama)
• Korean: (literally) 니기미 씹할놈 (ko) (nigimi ssiphalnom)
• Malay: pukimak (ms)
• Nepali: माचिक्ने (ne) (machikne)
• Norwegian: drittsekk (no) m, rasshøl (no) n, jævel (no) m
• Polish: matkojebca (pl) m (literally), skurwysyn (pl) m, sukinsyn (pl) m (both mean son of a bitch), skurwycórka (pl) f, sukincórka (pl) f (both mean daughter of a bitch)
• Portuguese: (, Brazil; son of a bitch) filho da puta (pt)
• Romanian: nemernic (ro)
• Russian: заёба (ru) (zajóba) m, сука (ru) (súka) m and f, ублюдок (ru) (ubljudok), засранец (ru) (zasránec) m, мудак (ru) (mudák) m, гад (ru) (gad) m, козёл (ru) (kozjól) m, пидорас (ru) (pidorás) m, пидор (ru) (pídor) m, говнюк (ru) (govnjúk) m, падла (ru) (pádla) m and f, мудоёб (ru) (mudojób) m, сволочь (ru) (svóloč’) f, сука (ru) (súka) m and f
• Serbo-Croatian: мамојебац (sh), бабојебац (sh), зајебант (sh)

  Roman: mamojebac (sh), babojebac (sh), zajebant (sh),

• Slovak: hajzel (sk)
• Slovene: pizdun (sl)
• Spanish: hijo de puta (es) m, hideputa (es) m (Spain), mal parido (es), huevón (es) m, pendejo (es) m, cojudo (es) m, cojonudo (es) m, trolazo (es) m, rotocafé (es) m (Latin America)
• Swedish: literary: mammaknullare (sv) (never/rarely used)
• Tagalog: putang ina mo (tl)
• Turkish: orospu çocuğu (tr), piç (tr)