motherfucker

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Etymology

    Compound of 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.

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    motherfucker

    1. (vulgar) Expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.
      Synonyms: fuck, shit, son of a bitch, oh my God, Jesus Christ

    Noun

    motherfucker (plural motherfuckers)

    1. (vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible, vicious or mean person.
      Up against the wall, motherfucker.
      There's an aggressive motherfucker!
      They're rapid motherfuckers!
      Motherfuckers don't take by chances.
      • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):
        English, motherfucker, do you speak it?
    2. (vulgar) 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.
      Which of those motherfuckers?
      What is it to these motherfuckers?
    3. (vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
      War is a motherfucker.
      Traffic congestion was a motherfucker.
      Possession of a firearm can be a motherfucker.
      Arsons are a total motherfucker.
      1. (with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
        Coordinate terms: as fuck, as hell, as shit
        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.
        It's hot as a motherfucker out here.
        They goin hard as a motherfucker out here.
    4. (vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
      How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker?
      Who's hanging on motherfucker?
      The best one ever motherfuckers!
      Time for an invitation motherfuckers!
    5. (vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
    6. (vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.

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    • Mandarin: ㄇㄉㄈㄎ (mōdēfōkē) (Taiwan)

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    1. ^ motherfucker, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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