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motherfucker

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mʌðəˌfʌkə/ / /mʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/

intj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-West Germanic *mōder Old English mōdor Middle English moder English mother Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fucker English motherfucker Compound of mother + fucker; attested since 1918. The injury comes from the implication of somebody sleeping with their own mother, but was probably not used literally until later. Also analyzed as a calque of Hindustani مَادَر چود (mādar cod) / मादरचोद (mādarcod).

  1. Expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-West Germanic *mōder Old English mōdor Middle English moder English mother Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fucker English motherfucker Compound of mother + fucker; attested since 1918. The injury comes from the implication of somebody sleeping with their own mother, but was probably not used literally until later. Also analyzed as a calque of Hindustani مَادَر چود (mādar cod) / मादरचोद (mādarcod).

  1. An extremely contemptible, vicious or mean person.

    Up against the wall, motherfucker.

    There's an aggressive motherfucker!

  2. Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.

    Check out this motherfucker.

    Look at that motherfucker.

  3. An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.

    War is a motherfucker.

    Traffic congestion was a motherfucker.

  4. An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.

    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.

  5. A good very close friend or relative.

    How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker?

    Who's hanging on, motherfucker?

  6. One who engages in incest with their mother.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfucker.

  7. One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.