motherfucker
The origin and history of motherfucker.
Etymology
A compound of "mother" and "fucker", recorded since around 1918; the force of the insult comes from its literal implication of incest, though it's rarely meant that way today.
Class of 1918
motherfucker first entered the language around 1918. Other words from the same year:
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