"mothereffer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mothereffers [plural]
Etymology: Minced oath of motherfucker, equivalent to mother + effer (“fucker”). Etymology templates: {{minced oath|en|motherfucker}} Minced oath of motherfucker, {{af|en|mother|effer<t:fucker>}} mother + effer (“fucker”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mothereffer (plural mothereffers)
  1. (minced oath) Synonym of motherfucker. Synonyms: emeff, emeffer, emmereffer, motherfucker [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: mothereffing
    Sense id: en-mothereffer-en-noun-7f8DcEsb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English minced oaths, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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