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motherfucker

[muhth -er-fuhk-er]
noun Slang: Vulgar.
  1. a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  2. anything considered to be despicable, frustrating, etc. (used as a general expression of contempt or anger).
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Origin of motherfucker

First recorded in 1955–60; mother1 + fucker
Related formsmoth·er·fuck·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for motherfucking

motherfucker

noun
  1. offensive, taboo, slang, mainly US a person or thing, esp an exasperating or unpleasant oneOften shortened to: mother
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Word Origin and History for motherfucking

motherfucker

n.

also mother-fucker, mother fucker, usually simply an intensive of fucker (see fuck), attested from 1956; implied in clipped form mother (with the context made clear) by 1928; motherfucking is from 1933.

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