motherfunker

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English

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Etymology

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Bowdlerization of motherfucker.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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motherfunker (plural motherfunkers)

  1. (euphemistic, slang, sometimes derogatory) Motherfucker.
    • 1993 September, Mark Coleman, “In Yo' Face: The History of Funk”, in Vibe:
      (If Rhino follows up with Volumes 6 through 10, extending up through 1982 and Dazz Band's "Let It Whip," those sets should be absolute motherfunkers.)
    • 2004 April 26, Josh Tyrangiel, “OutKast”, in Time:
      From the initial weirdness of their songs about space aliens to B.O.B. (Bombs over Baghdad), their millennial drum-and-bass gospel opus, they have proved that it's possible to be unusual, ambitious and immensely popular. In their own words, "We are/ The coolest motherfunkers on the planet."
    • 2005, Joe Gross, To Tha X-Streme review, "Ten Best Albums You Didn't Hear", Spin, January 2005:
      Some players stress over their game, but Houston's Devin the Dude is one slack motherfunker, worrying only about weed, women, and…uh, what was the question?
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfunker.

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