Meanings
plural motherlovers
- derogatoryeuphemisticslangMotherfucker.
"They still want to help that motherlover."
1971, Daniel Curley, In the Hands of Our Enemies: Stories, University of Illinois Press, page 812 more examples
The Muslim bomb-chuckers, running away from the house where I'd fired at them, came back to the Kotli to seek refuge — all except the motherlover we'd caught.
2001, Shashi Tharoor, Riot, Penguin Books, published 2003, →ISBN, page 256"I ain't scared of no motherlover in this world or the next."
2007, Gary Phillips, “Sportin' Men”, in Pete Hautman, Francine P. Pascal, editors, Full House: 10 Stories About Poker, G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBNSynonyms: motherhumper, muhfugga
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMotherfucker.
Origin
From mother + lover, as a euphemism for motherfucker.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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