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mother noun- a man; a thing US
A slightly euphemistic MOTHERFUCKER - Yeah, Nero was an all-high flip-out-in-orbit mother to end all mothers! — William “Lord” Buckley, Nero, 1951
- What I mean is I don’t care whether you prove I’m an evil mother, you’re lying! — Alexander Trocchi, Cain’s Book, p. 168, 1960
- Drive, you puny mothers, drive! — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, p. 194, 1962
- You see that innocent mother with the red hair; you see him waking up in that bed? — Richard Farina, Been Down So Long, p. 93, 1966
- So why not put those dirty mothers in prison too? — Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, p. 4, 1968
- Ah, well, you’re talking about the Concorde, one of those big mothers[.] — Terry Southern, Blue Movie, p. 61, 1970
- Sticky little mothers, aren’t they? — American Graffiti, 1973
- Frank had a feeling the people watching the guy were probably thinking, Look at that little mother. — Elmore Leonard, Swag, p. 4, 1976
- She dragged him out to the stage, took his jacket off, and they did an old style “guagnanco” that was a mother. — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 325, 1979
- Then I remembered how the words real mother always were used as an insult in junior high. — Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, p. 4, 1999
- [H]er old man’s out of the boob now and he’s one fuckin’ mean mother. — Garry Bushell, The Face, p. 15, 2001
- used of, or to, a wife if she is also a mother UK, 1961
- a male homosexual in relation to a man whom he has introduced to homosexuality US, 1946
- — Anon., The Gay Girl’s Guide, p. 13, 1949
- a (very) senior secretary UK
Civil service use. - One very senior secretary–in the jargon, these ladies were known as “mothers”. — John Le Carre, The Honourable Schoolboy, 1977
- a drug dealer US
- — William D. Alsever, Glossary for the Establishment and Other Uptight People, p. 26, December 1970
- marijuana US, 1968
Probably an anglicised “mutha”. - heroin; a heroin dealer; a homosexual heroin dealer US, 1992
Perhaps a euphemistic reduction of MOTHERFUCKER. ▶ be mother to assume reponsibility for dispensing hot drinks or refreshments UK, 1934 Of either sex but reflecting a general perception of a mother’s traditional role.- Good. Coffee, everybody? George, will you be mother? — Chris Ryan, The Watchman, p. 106, 2001
▶ you love your mother better than your father; you love your father better than your mother between schoolgirls, used as a warning that a slip or petticoat can be seen below the hem of a skirt UK, 1977 ▶ your mother used as a self-reference by older homosexual men US, 1974- [P]ull up a chair and tell your mother all about it. — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 181, 2002
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