motherfucker

See also: mother-fucker and mother fucker

English

Alternative forms

• Most of these forms are non-standard.

alternative forms

• mahfucka
• mahfucker
• mahfugga
• mothafucka
• mothafucker
• mothafugga
• mothafuggah
• mothafukka
• mothahfuckah
• mothahfucker
• mothahfuggah
• motherfucka

• motherfuckah
• mother-fucker
• mother fucker
• motherfugga
• motherfukka
• motherfukkah
• motherfukker
• mufucka
• muhfucka
• muhfuckah
• muhfucker
• muhfugga
• muhfuggah

Etymology

From mother +‎ fucker, attested since 1956, but implied in mother in 1928. The injury comes from the implication of somebody sleeping with his own mother, but was probably not used literally until later.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭth'er-fŭk'er, mŭth'ŭ-fŭk'er
• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðəˌfʌkə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/

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• Hyphenation: moth‧er‧fuck‧er

Noun

motherfucker (plural motherfuckers)

1. (strongly vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean 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. (vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfucker.
6. (vulgar, literally) 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), mothersucker (bowdlerization)

Hypernyms

• inbreeder

Coordinate terms

• aunt fucker
• brotherfucker
• cousinfucker
• fatherfucker
• nephew fucker
• niece fucker
• sibling fucker
• sisterfucker
• unclefucker

Derived terms

Derived terms

• motherfuck
• motherfucking

• muthafucka
• Shortenings: mofo, mug

Translations

generic term of abuse

• Armenian: բոզի տղա (bozi tġa), բոզի տղեք pl (bozi tġekʻ), գանդոն (gandon)
• Assamese: মাকচুদাই (maksudai)
• Azerbaijani: gicdıllaq
• Belarusian: вы́радак (výradak)
• Bengali: মাদারচোদ (madarcōd)
• Bulgarian: копеле (bg) (kopele)
• Catalan: fill de puta m, malparit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 屌你老母 (diu² nei⁵ lou⁵ mou^5-2), 冚家鏟／冚家铲 (yue) (ham⁶ gaa¹ caan²)

  Mandarin: 肏你媽／肏你妈 (zh) (cào nǐ mā), 肏你妈 (zh) (cào nǐ mā), 幹你娘／干你娘 (zh) (gàn nǐ niáng), 干你娘 (gàn nǐ niáng), 混蛋 (zh) (húndàn)

• Czech: zkurvysyn (cs) m, mamrd m, svině (cs) f, hajzl (cs)
• Danish: skiderik c, stodder (da) c
• Dutch: moederneuker (never used except to be funny), kankerlijer (nl), mogool (more common), klootzak (nl), kelerelijer (nl), klerelijer (nl), teringlij(d)er (nl), tyfuslij(d)er (nl)
• Estonian: piider, munn (et), türapea, värdjas, sitapea
• Finnish: kusipää (fi), paskiainen (fi), mulkku (fi)
• French: fils de pute (fr) (son of a bitch), enculé de ta mère (fr), connard (fr) m, connasse (fr) f, brassière (fr)
• Galician: fillo de puta m, filla de puta f
• German: Wichser (de), Arschloch (de), Drecksau (de), Schwein (de),Mutterficker (rare), Scheißkerl (de)
• Greek: καριόλης (el) (kariólis), παλιογαμιόλης (paliogamiólis), παλιοπαπάρας (paliopapáras), μαλάκας (el) (malákas)

  Ancient: μητροκοίτης m (mētrokoítēs)

• Gujarati: માદરચોદ (mādarcod) (strongly vulgar), માચોદ (mācod)
• Hebrew: בן זונה (he) (ben zona)
• Hindi: मादरचोद (mādarcod), कमीने (kamīne)
• Hungarian: anyaszomorító (hu), anyabaszó, köcsög (hu)
• Indonesian: keparat (id), bedebah (id), cukimai (id)
• Irish: mac soith m
• Italian: figlio di puttana (it) (son of a bitch), pezzo di merda (piece of shit)
• Japanese: くそったれ (ja) (kusottare), 貴様 (ja) (きさま, kisama), てめえ (temē)
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• Javanese: mbokné ancok (East Java)
• Korean: 니기미 씹할놈 (nigimi ssiphallom) (literally), 개새끼 (ko) (gaesaekki), 개자식 (ko) (gaejasik) (both mean son of a bitch), 씹새끼 (ko) (ssipsaekki)
• Malay: pukimak (ms)
• Nepali: माचिक्ने (mācikne)
• Norwegian: drittsekk m, rasshøl (no) n, jævel m
• Persian: مادر جنده (fa) (mâdar jende)
• Polish: skurwysyn (pl) m pers, sukinsyn (pl) m pers, matkojebca (pl) m pers (literal calque), zasraniec (pl) m, chuj (pl) m, kutas (pl) m, gnój (pl) m, skurwiel (pl) m, dupek (pl) m, swinia fpizda (pl) f, fiut (pl) m, szmata (pl) f, złamas m, zjeb (pl) m, gnida (pl) f, pojeb (pl) m, popierdoleniec (pl) m, śmieć (pl) m, ścierwo (pl) m, pies (pl) m, jebaniec (pl) m, ciul (pl) m, wyskrobek m, wypierdek (pl) m
• Portuguese: (Brazil; son of a bitch) filho da puta (pt)
• Romanian: nemernic (ro), nenorocit (ro)
• Russian: заёба (ru) m (zajóba), су́ка (ru) m or f (súka), ублю́док (ru) (ubljúdok), засра́нец (ru) m (zasránec), муда́к (ru) m (mudák), гад (ru) m (gad), пидора́с (ru) m (pidorás), пи́дор (ru) m (pídor), говню́к (ru) m (govnjúk), па́дла (ru) m or f (pádla), мудоёб (ru) m (mudojób), сво́лочь (ru) f (svóločʹ), су́ка (ru) m or f (súka), муди́ло (ru) n (mudílo), ебла́н (ru) m (jeblán), долбоёб (ru) m (dolbojób), муди́ла (ru) m or f (mudíla)
• Serbo-Croatian: мамојебац, бабојебац, зајебант

  Roman: mamojebac, babojebac, zajebant (sh),

• Slovak: hajzel, zmrd m, sviňa (sk)
• Slovene: pizdun
• 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 m, rotocafé m (Latin America), hijo de la chingada (es) m (Mexico), cerdo (es) m (Central America), hijo de perra m
• Swedish: mammaknullare (literally, rarely used), jävel (sv) c (more common)
• Tagalog: putang ina mo
• Turkish: orospu çocuğu (tr), piç (tr)
• Ukrainian: ублю́док m (ubljúdok)
• Vietnamese: địt con mẹ mày, đụ má mày (vi) (South Vietnam)

See also

• bastard
• inbred

Anagrams

• fothermucker