"mofo" meaning in English

See mofo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈməʊfəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmoʊfoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-mofo.ogg [Australia] Forms: mo-fo [alternative], mo fo [alternative], mo' fo [alternative]
Rhymes: -əʊfəʊ Etymology: Syllabic abbreviation of motherfucker or motherfucking. Etymology templates: {{sylabbr|en|motherfucker}} Syllabic abbreviation of motherfucker Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mofo (not comparable)
  1. (vulgar, slang) Syllabic abbreviation of motherfucking. Tags: not-comparable, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-mofo-en-adj-aNn3bZIV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 18 18 0 0 0 1 1 4 16 20 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Adverb

IPA: /ˈməʊfəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmoʊfoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-mofo.ogg [Australia] Forms: mo-fo [alternative], mo fo [alternative], mo' fo [alternative]
Rhymes: -əʊfəʊ Etymology: Syllabic abbreviation of motherfucker or motherfucking. Etymology templates: {{sylabbr|en|motherfucker}} Syllabic abbreviation of motherfucker Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} mofo (not comparable)
  1. (vulgar, slang) Syllabic abbreviation of motherfucking. Tags: not-comparable, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-mofo-en-adv-aNn3bZIV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 18 18 0 0 0 1 1 4 16 20 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈməʊfəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmoʊfoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-mofo.ogg [Australia] Forms: mofos [plural], mo-fo [alternative], mo fo [alternative], mo' fo [alternative]
Rhymes: -əʊfəʊ Etymology: Syllabic abbreviation of motherfucker or motherfucking. Etymology templates: {{sylabbr|en|motherfucker}} Syllabic abbreviation of motherfucker Head templates: {{en-noun}} mofo (plural mofos)
  1. (vulgar, slang) Syllabic abbreviation of motherfucker. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-mofo-en-noun-KZ5CqZ4t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 18 18 0 0 0 1 1 4 16 20 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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