motherfucker
noun
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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).
- 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).
- An extremely contemptible, vicious or mean person.
“Up against the wall, motherfucker.”
“There's an aggressive motherfucker!”
- 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.”
- An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
“War is a motherfucker.”
“Traffic congestion was a motherfucker.”
- 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.”
- A good very close friend or relative.
“How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker?”
“Who's hanging on, motherfucker?”
- One who engages in incest with their mother.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfucker.”
- One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.