motherfucker
See also: mother-fucker and mother fucker
English
Alternative forms
- Most of these forms are non-standard.
alternative forms
Etymology
From mother + fucker, attested since 1956, but implied in mother in 1928.[1] 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
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Audio (US, California): (file) Audio (UK): (file) - Hyphenation: moth‧er‧fuck‧er
Noun
motherfucker (plural motherfuckers)
- (strongly vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean person.
- Up against the wall, motherfucker.
- (strongly vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
- Check out this motherfucker.
- (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.
- (teasingly, friendly, jokingly, vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
- How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker?
- (vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfucker.
- (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
Coordinate terms
- aunt fucker
- brotherfucker
- cousinfucker
- fatherfucker
- nephew fucker
- niece fucker
- sibling fucker
- sisterfucker
- unclefucker
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
generic term of abuse
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See also
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “motherfucker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.