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'''Motherfucker''' is a vulgarism which, in its most literal use, refers to one who participates in [[sexual intercourse]] with someone's mother. |
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== Origins == |
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The term gained tremendous traction during [[World War II]], originally amongst [[African-American]] GIs, and was applied literally to American soldiers (black, white, or otherwise) in war-torn [[Europe]] who would trade food, money, or anything of value for sex with desperately poor or starving [[French people|French]] and [[Germans|German]] women. Many of these women were home-makers whose husbands had been conscripted away, killed, or imprisoned, leaving the women to support the couple's children alone. Many lacked trade skills, and the war damaged the local economies so badly that they had few, if any, alternatives. |
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So calling a man a "mother fucker" meant that he was A) taking advantage of poor and downtrodden people with no options, and B) incapable of seducing non-desperate women. Anyone with experience growing up in desperate poverty, or who saw his own parents humiliated by circumstances beyond his control, might consider that type of behavior to be degrading. |
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In the last 60 or so years, the term has entered the popular slang as a term of derision (''"That guy is a real motherfucker, you know?"''). More recently, it has been used as an indicator of extraordinary intensity, not necessarily in a derisive sense, but usually still carrying some implications of harshness (''"I fell asleep out in my lawn chair, yesterday, and got a motherfucker of a sunburn."'') or intimidating awesomeness (''"That [[Samuel L. Jackson|Samuel]], he's one baaaad motherfucker."''). |
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== Variants== |
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Like many widely used offensive terms, ''motherfucker'' has a large list of derivative terms. ''Motherhumper'', ''motherfugger'', ''mothersucker'', ''motherlover'', ''you motha'', ''mofo'', ''motherflower'', and many more are sometimes used in polite company or to avoid censorship.<ref name="Jrank">[http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/749/Motherfucker.html Motherfucker]</ref> The participle ''motherfucking'' is often used as an emphatic, in the same way as the less strong ''fucking''. The verb to ''motherfuck'' has a wide variety of meanings, although it is less common. |
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Conversely, when paired with an adjective and/or the word "one", it becomes a term denoting such things as originality and [[masculinity]]. |
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Usually the word 'motherfucker' is used in place of an adjective in a sentence, such as: |
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''That trig problem was a real motherfucker.'' In this case, it was used in place of the word 'bitch'. |
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It can sometimes be used in a variant of ''Fuck you'', i.e., ''Motherfuck you.''''' |
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Some other examples include: |
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* ''Why did you touch me, motherfucker?'' |
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* ''Get in the motherfucking car.'' |
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Usually, the word does not mean someone has had sex with another person's mother. Instead it is understood as a swear word, most related to "[[fuck]]". |
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==Pop Culture== |
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The word appears in [[George Carlin]]'s ''[[Seven dirty words|Seven Words You Can't Say On Television]]''. In one HBO special, he comments that at one point, someone asked him to remove it, since, as a derivative of the word "fuck," it constituted a duplication.<ref name="carlin">{{cite video| people = [[George Carlin|Carlin, George]]| title = On Location: George Carlin at Phoenix| medium = DVD| publisher = HBO Home Video| location =|date=1978 }}</ref> He later added it back, claiming that the bit's rhythm doesn't work without it.<ref name="carlin"/> |
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The word also gained popularity thanks to the "[[Die Hard]]" movie franchise. [[Detective]] [[John McClane]] ([[Bruce Willis]]) is known for his catchphrase "Yippee-ki-yay, Motherfucker," usually addressed to the villains proximal to something exploding violently. |
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==Literature== |
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* ''The Compleat Motherfucker: A History of the Mother of All Dirty Words'' by [[Jim Dawson]] (Feral House, 2009; ISBN 781932 595413) is a history of the word in black culture and in American literature, film, comedy and music. |
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{{Wiktionary|motherfucker}} |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Pejorative terms for people]] |
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[[Category:Profanity]] |
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[[de:Hurensohn]] |
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[[fr:Fils de pute]] |
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[[ms:Pukimak]] |
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[[ja:マザーファッカー]] |
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[[zh-yue:屌你老母]] |
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[[zh:幹你娘]] |
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Revision as of 11:43, 9 March 2010
this is inappropriate language and it offends me so plz remove it