motherfucker
See also: mother-fucker and mother fucker
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- mothafucka, mothafucker, mothafugga, mothafuggah, mothafukka, mothahfuckah, mothahfucker, mothahfuggah, motherfucka, motherfuckah, mother-fucker, mother fucker, motherfugga, motherfukka, motherfukkah, motherfukker
Etymology edit
From mother + fucker, attested since 1918.[1] The injury comes from the implication of somebody sleeping with their own mother, but was probably not used literally until later.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: mŭth'er-fŭk'er, mŭth'ŭ-fŭk'er
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌðəˌfʌkə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/
Audio (US, California) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: moth‧er‧fuck‧er
Interjection edit
motherfucker
- (vulgar) Expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.
- Synonym: fuck
Noun edit
motherfucker (plural motherfuckers)
- (vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible, vicious or mean person.
- Up against the wall, motherfucker.
- 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):
- English, motherfucker, do you speak it?
- (vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
- Check out this motherfucker.
- (vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
- War is a motherfucker.
- (with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
- (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 edit
- futhermucker (spoonerism)
- motherchucker, motherfouler, motherlicker, mothersucker (bowdlerizations)
- motherfunker, motherhumper, motherlover, mothertrucker (euphemistic)
- muhfugga, muthafucka (African American Vernacular)
- mofo, mf, MFer (shortenings)
Hypernyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- aunt fucker
- brotherfucker
- cousinfucker
- daughterfucker
- fatherfucker
- nephew fucker
- niece fucker
- sibling fucker
- sisterfucker
- sonfucker
- unclefucker
- child fucker
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- motherfuck
- motherfucking
- muthafucka
- Shortenings: mofo, mug
Descendants edit
- → Mandarin: ㄇㄉㄈㄎ (mōdēfōkē) (Taiwan)
Translations edit
generic term of abuse
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ “motherfucker, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.