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motherfather

UK/ˈmʌðəˌfɑːðə/US/ˈmʌðɚˌfɑðɚ/

motherfather is the euphemistic form of motherfucker.

Meaning of motherfucker

Noun

motherfucker (plural motherfuckers)

(offensive, vulgar) An extremely contemptible, vicious or mean person.
- Up against the wall, motherfucker.
(vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
- Check out this motherfucker.
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
- War is a motherfucker.
1. (vulgar, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
  - I jammed my finger in the door yesterday. It hurt like a motherfucker.
(vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
- How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker?
(literally, vulgar) One who engages in incest with their mother.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfucker.

See all 8 meanings of motherfucker

Forms of motherfather

plural	motherfathers

Origin of motherfather

From mother + father, for its phonetic similarity to motherfucker.

Questions about motherfather

What is motherfather the euphemistic form of?: Motherfather is the euphemistic form of motherfucker.
How do you pronounce motherfather?: Motherfather is pronounced /ˈmʌðəˌfɑːðə/ (UK).

Words near motherfather in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: motherfather (page history and authors); motherfucker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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