motherfucker

motherfucker

See also: mother-fucker and mother fucker

English

Alternative forms

mahfucka, mahfucker, mahfugga, mothafucka, mothafucker, mothafugga, mothafuggah, mothafukka, mothahfuckah, mothahfucker, mothahfuggah, motherfucka, motherfuckah, mother-fucker, mother fucker, motherfugga, motherfukka, motherfukkah, motherfukker, mufucka, muhfucka, muhfuckah, muhfucker, muhfugga, muhfuggah, mofo, mf, MFer

Etymology

From mother +‎ fucker, attested since 1956, but implied in mother in 1928.[1] The injury comes from the implication of somebody sleeping with their own mother, but was probably not used literally until later.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭth'er-fŭk'er, mŭth'ŭ-fŭk'er
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðəˌfʌkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/

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• Hyphenation: moth‧er‧fuck‧er

Interjection

motherfucker

1. (vulgar) A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
2. (vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.
3. (vulgar) Synonym of ouch.
4. (vulgar) Synonym of wow.

Synonyms

• fuck

Noun

motherfucker (plural motherfuckers)

1. (vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible 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?

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

   Check out this motherfucker.

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

   War is a 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?

5. (vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfucker.
6. (vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.

Synonyms

• futhermucker (spoonerism), mofo, motherchucker (bowdlerization), motherfouler (bowdlerization), motherfunker (euphemistic), motherhumper (euphemistic), motherlicker (bowdlerization), motherlover (euphemistic), mothertrucker (euphemistic), muhfugga (African American Vernacular), muthafucka (African American Vernacular), mothersucker (bowdlerization), everlovin' (euphemistic for motherfucking as an adjective in Marvel Comics)

Hypernyms

• inbreeder

Coordinate terms

• aunt fucker
• brotherfucker
• cousinfucker
• daughterfucker
• fatherfucker
• nephew fucker
• niece fucker
• sibling fucker
• sisterfucker
• sonfucker
• unclefucker

Derived terms

Derived terms

• motherfuck
• motherfucking
• muthafucka
• Shortenings: mofo, mug

Translations

generic term of abuse

Armenian: բոզի տղա (bozi tła), բոզի տղեք pl (bozi tłekʿ), գանդոն (gandon) Assamese: মাকচুদাই (maksudai) Azerbaijani: gicdıllaq Belarusian: вы́радак (výradak) Bengali: মাদারচোদ (madarôcod) Bulgarian: шибаняк (šibanjak), копеле (bg) (kopele) Catalan: fill de puta m, malparit (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 屌你老母 (diu2 nei5 lou5 mou5-2), 冚家鏟 (yue) (ham6 gaa1 caan2) Mandarin: 肏你媽／肏你妈 (zh) (cào nǐ mā), 幹你娘／干你娘 (zh) (gàn nǐ niáng), 混蛋 (zh) (húndàn) Czech: zkurvysyn (cs) m, mamrd (cs) m, svině (cs) f, hajzl (cs) Danish: skiderik c, stodder (da) c Dutch: moederneuker (never used except to be funny), kankerlijer (nl) (more common), hoerenzoon (nl), hoerenjong (nl), klerelijer (nl), teringlijer (nl), tyfuslijer Esperanto: amovendistinido, amovendistinidino, bastardo (eo), bastardino Estonian: piider, munn (et), türapea, värdjas, sitapea Finnish: kusipää (fi), paskiainen (fi), mulkku (fi) French: fils de pute (fr) (son of a bitch), enculé de ta mère (fr), connard (fr) m, connasse (fr) f, brassière (fr) Galician: fillo de puta m, filla de puta f German: Hurensohn (de), Wichser (de), Scheißkerl (de), Drecksau (de), Nuttensohn Greek: καριόλης (el) (kariólis), παλιογαμιόλης (paliogamiólis), παλιοπαπάρας (paliopapáras), μαλάκας (el) (malákas) Ancient: μητροκοίτης m (mētrokoítēs) Gujarati: માદરચોદ (mādarcod) (strongly vulgar), માચોદ (mācod) Hebrew: בן זונה‎ (he) (ben zona) Hindi: मादरचोद (mādarcod), कमीने (kamīne) Hungarian: anyaszomorító (hu), anyabaszó, köcsög (hu) Indonesian: keparat (id), bedebah (id), cukimai (id) Irish: mac soith m Italian: figlio di puttana (it) (son of a bitch), pezzo di merda (piece of shit) Jamaican Creole: pussyhole Japanese: くそったれ (ja) (kusottare), 糞野郎 (くそやろう, kusoyarō), 下衆野郎 (げすやろう, gesuyarō), てめえ (temē) Javanese: mbokné ancok (East Java) Korean: 니기미 씹할놈 (nigimi ssiphallom) (literally), 개새끼 (ko) (gaesaekki), 개자식 (ko) (gaejasik) (both mean son of a bitch), 씨발놈 (ssiballom), 씹새끼 (ko) (ssipsaekki) Macedonian: ко́пиле n (kópile) Malay: pukimak (ms) Malayalam: തായോളി (tāyōḷi) Nepali: माचिक्ने (mācikne) Norwegian: drittsekk m, rasshøl (no) n, jævel m Persian: مادر جنده‎ (mâdar jende), مادر قحبه‎ (mâdar qahbe) Polish: skurwysyn (pl) m pers, sukinsyn (pl) m pers, matkojebca (pl) m pers (literal calque), zasraniec (pl) m, chuj (pl) m, kutas (pl) m, gnój (pl) m, skurwiel (pl) m, dupek (pl) m, swinia (pl) fpizda (pl) f, fiut (pl) m, szmata (pl) f, złamas m, zjeb (pl) m, gnida (pl) f, pojeb (pl) m, popierdoleniec (pl) m, śmieć (pl) m, ścierwo (pl) m, pies (pl) m, jebaniec (pl) m, ciul (pl) m, wyskrobek m, wypierdek (pl) m Portuguese: (Brazil; son of a bitch) filho da puta (pt) Romanian: pulă bleagă (ro), nemernic (ro), nenorocit (ro) Russian: заёба m (zajóba), су́ка (ru) m or f (súka), ублю́док (ru) (ubljúdok), засра́нец (ru) m (zasránec), муда́к (ru) m (mudák), гад (ru) m (gad), пидора́с (ru) m (pidorás), пи́дор (ru) m (pídor), говню́к (ru) m (govnjúk), па́дла (ru) m or f (pádla), мудоёб (ru) m (mudojób), сво́лочь (ru) f (svóločʹ), су́ка (ru) m or f (súka), муди́ло (ru) n (mudílo), ебла́н (ru) m (jeblán), долбоёб m (dolbojób), муди́ла (ru) m or f (mudíla) Serbo-Croatian: мамојебац, бабојебац, зајебант Roman: mamojebac, babojebac, zajebant (sh), Slovak: hajzel, zmrd m, sviňa (sk) Slovene: pizdun Spanish: hijo de puta (es) m, puta madre f, mal parido, huevón (es) m, pendejo (es) m, cojudo (es) m, cojonudo (es) m, trolazo m, rotocafé m (Latin America), hijo de la chingada (es) m (Mexico), cerdo (es) m (Central America), hijo de perra m Swedish: mammaknullare (literally, rarely used), jävel (sv) c (more common), skitstövel (sv) c Tagalog: putang ina mo Turkish: orospu çocuğu (tr), piç (tr) Ukrainian: ублю́док m (ubljúdok) Vietnamese: địt con mẹ mày, đụ má mày (vi) (South Vietnam)

See also

• bastard
• inbred

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “motherfucker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• fothermucker