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. (generally used as a term of abuse.)

   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 examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Synonyms

• muthafucka

Derived terms

• mofo
• motherfucking
• motherfuck
• muthafucka
• motherchucker (bowdlerization)
• motherfouler (bowdlerization)
• motherlicker (bowdlerization)
• futhermucker (spoonerism)

Related terms

• fatherfucker
• sisterfucker
• brotherfucker

Translations

generic term of abuse

Armenian: բոզի տղա (bozi tgha), բոզի տղեք (bozi tgheq) pl. Bulgarian: копеле (bg) (kopele) Catalan: fill de puta m., mal parit m. Chinese: Cantonese: 屌你老母 (diu2nei3lo3mo3) Mandarin: 傻屄 (zh) (shǎbī), 肏你媽  (zh), 肏你妈 (zh) (cào nǐ mā), 幹你娘 (zh), 干你娘 (zh) (gàn nǐ niang) Croatian: mamojebac (hr) 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), nique 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: 니기미 씹할놈 (nigimi ssiphalnom, literally, someone who'd fuck his mother, i.e. motherfucker) 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:) filho da puta (son of a bitch) 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. Serbian: бабојебац (babojebac), зајебант (zajebant) Slovak: hajzel (sk) Slovene: pizdun (sl) Spanish: hijo de puta (es) m., hideputa (es) m. (Spain); mal parido, 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