English edit

Etymology edit

mother +‎ lover, as a euphemism for motherfucker.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

motherlover (plural motherlovers)

  1. (euphemistic, slang, derogatory) Motherfucker.
    • 1971, Daniel Curley, In the Hands of Our Enemies: Stories, University of Illinois Press, page 81:
      "They still want to help that motherlover."
    • 2001, Shashi Tharoor, Riot, Penguin Books, published 2003, →ISBN, page 256:
      The Muslim bomb-chuckers, running away from the house where I'd fired at them, came back to the Kotli to seek refuge — all except the motherlover we'd caught.
    • 2007, Gary Phillips, “Sportin' Men”, in Pete Hautman, Francine P. Pascal, editors, Full House: 10 Stories About Poker[1], G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN:
      "I ain't scared of no motherlover in this world or the next."
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:motherlover.

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