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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.

· First attested 1918

Class of 1918

motherfucker first entered the language around 1918. Other words from the same year:

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