1991 (name of rock band): milf. 1995 Re: Fabulous after Forty in Usenet newsgroup alt.mag.playboy (Jan. 12): Those moms are babes!!… We have a term for it around here, its [sic] called “MILF”.… “Mothers I’d Like to Fuck.” 1998 A. Herz American Pie (film script): Freshman guy. Dude! That chick—is a MILF! Freshman guy #2 What the hell is that? Freshman guy M-I-L-F! Mom I’d Like to Fuck! 2005 “Belle De Jour” Intimate Adventures of London Call Girl 45: There seems to be a leggy blonde or brunette sex goddess for every potential horny businessman on earth, with maybe a MILF or two to spare.
mindfuck noun
1. imaginary sexual activity. Cf. HEADFUCK noun sense 4. Jocular.
1964 I. Faust Steagle 265: We could lie down side by side and think. Oh, a mind fuck? That’s nowhere. 1968 Zap Comix (No. 3) (unpaged): A mind-fuck. a1977 M. French Women’s Room 574: They masturbate to it.… It’s a mind-fuck. a1991 J. Phillips You’ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again 163: He rarely gets a hard-on, but the mind-fuck is really irresistible. 2008 B. Kahr Who’s Been Sleeping in Your Head? 39: The patient from Berlin explained that he derived more pleasure from the fantasy than he did from the reality… As one of my patients admitted, “Sometimes a mind-fuck is better than the other kind.”
2.a. a disturbing or overwhelming experience, esp. one caused by deliberate psychological manipulation.
1971 It (June 2) 19/3 The title track “The Man Who Sold the World” is possibl[y] the most spaced out cut, but each one has its own individual mind fuck inside. 1972 R. Barrett Lovomaniacs 385: Dolly’s eyes said she was stoned…I…know when someone’s full of the…original superfreak mindfuck. 1977 National Lampoon (Aug.) 33: His Pressed Wang on Stained Glass is a religious mind-fuck. 1980 M. Baker Nam 40: When you weren’t going through that, you had your recruit regs held up in front of your face memorizing your eleven general orders. It was a real mind fuck. 1986 J. Cain Suicide Squad 85: Mindfuck would be terminal this time. 1988–90 M. Hunter Abused Boys 279: The mind-fuck you did on me. 1993 K. Scott Monster 164: You simply prepared ahead of time for the mind-fuck of being a prisoner. 2001 M. Azerrad Our Band could be your Life viii. 289: It was…a mind-fuck of a show. 2006 Giant Robot No. 43 56/2: I was a film geek who was heavily mining through Euro and Asian cinema in college, and it was a total mind fuck to see all-Asian casts speaking American English when Yellow and Shopping for Fangs came out.
b. something that causes confusion or bafflement; a confusing or mentally challenging thing.
1971 L. Bangs in Creem (June 17) 7 : That electro-distort stuff that rocked you guys to sleep when you were first tokin’ in your cradles was really unheard-of then, a real earthquake mindfuck. 1987 “J. Hawkins” Tunnel Warriors 37: Despite the obvious game of mindfuck. 1997 Village Voice (N.Y.C.) (Sept. 30) 88: Fincher’s new movie…is a cynical mindfuck thriller that builds, with increasing pointlessness, to a deflating punchline. 2001 Premiere (Apr.) 42/2: We had a great screening early one morning.… It was packed—for a mind-fuck at 9 o’clock.… a mesmerizing meditation on memory, identity, and loss. 2007 P. Spiegelman Wall Street Noir 351: Time is an invidious mind fuck. You look around one day and everything’s unfamiliar.
3. a counterintelligence deception; an act of psychological manipulation.
1974 C. Bernstein & B. Woodward All the President’s Men 119: Somewhere, Bernstein had been told that the CIA did that kind of thing abroad. He had heard it called Mindfuck but the agency called it Black Operation. 2005 N. Fick One Bullet Away 153: A voice began to fire questions at me—name, rank, service.… I struggled to use the resistance techniques I had been taught.… I smiled in the tight confines of the cell and waited for my next mind-fuck. 2006 E. M. Katz & L. Holmes Why You’re Still Single 57: He might be starting a bizarre mind-fuck in which he’s going to cancel every fourth date in order to keep you from ever getting comfortable.
4. a crazy person; a psychotic. Also: a person who manipulates others; MIND-FUCKER, definition 2.
1977 J. Sayles Union Dues 312: Comes back such a mindfuck he can’t remember. Fuckin space cowboy. Ibid. 176: He was a certifiable mindfuck and you had to keep him on a tight leash. 1992 H. Childress Reality Bites (film script) 25: Lelaina stops at the door confused, kind of bummed out. Then she looks at Vickie, who has on a Cheshire cat grin. Lelaina smiles as she realizes Vickie was stringing her along. LELAINA. You little mind-fuck. 2005 J. Trunk Dirty Fan Male 3: So there I was, with a job, a tiny salary, working for a shit company, working with a total mindfuck, hating it all and still seeing no way out.
mindfuck verb
1. to psychologically manipulate; to disturb psychologically.
1966 (quotation at fuck (someone’s) mind under fuck, verb). 1967 L. Wolf Voices from the Love Generation 17: Their consciousness has been permanently altered. Forever altered. They’ve been mind-fucked. Ibid. 281: Mind-fucked. Profoundly influenced by something. 1970 J. Howard Please Touch 235: Some [encounter] groups dismiss all abstractions as “headshit” and “mindfucking.” 1971 S. Miller Hot Springs 66: They have nothing to teach you—they mind-fucked you. 1972 R. Gover Mr. Big 11: She mindfucks me again. 1976 J. W. Thomas Heavy Number 105: He’s really mind-fucked you. 1987 R. Miller Slob 156: They both felt giddy, hysterical, a little confused, mindfucked, spent. 1989 E. Gilchrist Light can be both Wave & Particle 164: Rhoda, stop mindfucking. Love people that love you. 1991 R. Marcinko & J. Weisman Rogue Warrior 165: I was a veteran of mind-fucking the Vietnamese. 1997 A. Beattie My Life, Starring Dara Falcon 136: Suddenly she’s selling his mother’s ring. His mother’s ring! Tell me that isn’t mind-fucking him. 2006 R. Barger & K. Zimmerman 6 Chambers, 1 Bullet 309: Was it fruitless trying to get into Vladimir’s head in a last-ditch attempt to mind-fuck him?
2. to engage in imaginary intercourse (with).
1970 J. S. Grendahl Mad Dog Press Archives 144: And a bad stripper, really she’s ashamed to be up there, isn’t really into mind-fucking with everyone in the crowd. 1996 E. G. Colter et al. Policing Public Sex 161: Mindfucking is no longer better than the real thing if safer sex education is about sex. 2004 “Annalise” Venus Rising 126: You used to mind fuck me all the time. I used to come in my uniform just by listening to you whisper in my ear. 2008 K. Jaye Good Girls Pole Riders Club 146: I let my middle finger fall away from my clit.… It had been four days since visiting him, and my vagina was almost raw. I had mind-fucked Darius so many times, it was starting to wear on my body.
mindfucker noun
1. something that is extremely disturbing, amazing, or astounding.
1969 J. Sebastian in Woodstock (film): This thing is a real mindfucker! 1970 E. E. Landy Underground Dictionary 133: Mind fucker… Thing or situation that upsets or disturbs one. 1972 W. Pelfrey Big V 24: Wow man, that’s a mind-fucker. 1980 A. Maupin More Tales of City lvii. 188: Michael rattled on about…Mrs. Madrigal’s recent revelation to her “family.” Jon shook his head incredulously. “That is…a mindfucker.” 1985 J. P. Kelly Solstice in B. Sterling Mirrorshades (1986) 93: They would have called the Stonehenge free festival a mind-fucker. 2007 E. Schweikher & P. Diamond Cycling’s Greatest Misadventures 30: The thought of getting lost was a complete mindfucker.
2. a person who psychologically manipulates another person; one who MIND-FUCKS.
1970 E. E. Landy Underground Dictionary 133: Mind fucker n. Individual who asserts personal pressure to persuade people to believe his way without regard for the feelings of the people he influences; person who attempts to manipulate another’s thinking without regard for the other. 1980 National Lampoon (Aug.) 67: You’re some kind of mindfucker. You’re a witch. 1982 H. Gold True Love 140: You, mindfucker.… You’ve done nothing but lie to us. You think this is a liar’s game? 1996 N. T. Rosenberg Trial by Fire 70: The woman is a mind-fucker, Stella. She’ll use anything and anyone to get what she wants. 2004 K. Schwartz Clearing the Aisle 297: He was a mindfucker. Very charming, but a real snake.
mind-fucking adjective
baffling or astounding; (also) that psychologically manipulates.
1971 S. B. Kopp Guru 145: Away from intellectual “mind-fucking” words. 1977 R. A. Wilson Cosmic Trigger 93: “They” turned some kind of “mindfucking” machine on the two men. 1986 Atlanta, Ga., man, age ca30: [Hands Across America] was mindfucking, man! Such a great thing! 1990 S. Frith & A. Goodwin On Record 233: You think of those weird ways of ending one song and having some kind of transitional riff to get into the next one. That’s really the most fun—especially when you can pull off some mind-fucking key change. 1996 E. Leonard Out of Sight 51: In an altogether different kind of mind-fucking incarceration. 2004 J. D. Vinge Dreamfall (revised edition) 399: Get off him, you mindfucking bitch!
mo dicker noun
(a partial euphemism for) MOTHERFUCKER.
1968–70 Current Slang Cumulation III & IV 84: Mo dicker, n. A lazy, irresponsible person.—New Mexico State. 1989 D. Sherman There I Was 129: It started raining like a mo-dicker.… I…said “mo-dicker”… ’cause your momma don’t like me saying “motherfucker,” but it’s really the same word.
mofo noun
(a partial euphemism for) MOTHERFUCKER. Jocular.
1965 in H.S. Thompson Hell’s Angels 33: The “Mofo” club from San Francisco. 1966 F. Reynolds & M. McClure Freewheelin Frank 116: The Mofos (a motorcycle club that isn’t in existence now). 1972 R. Wilson Playboy’s Book of Forbidden Words 171: Mother-jumper, mother-ferrier, mo’-fo’, mammy-jammer,…futher-mucker. 1973 Oui (Mar.) 69: And now you, too (you jive mofo) can control the minds of women! 1977 U.S. college student: I’m sincerely beginning to believe that mofo is a goddamn female impersonator. 1979 L. Blum, D. Goldberg, J. Allen & H. Ramis Meatballs (film): I will twist that mofo. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways 124: He’s one useless black mofo. 1983 Leeson Survivors (film): Hey, you honky mofo, get the lead out of your ass! Ibid.: Your gun jammed, Mr. Honky Mofo? 1987 National Lampoon (June) 79: It hurt like a mofo. 1989 W.E. Merritt Rivers Ran Backward 20: Get your white ass in the truck, mofo. 1995 Guardian (May 13) (Guide) 18/1: Although Ike Turner may be a former coke-headed, woman-beating ex-con mofo, he’s also one of the most important unsung figures of American music. 1999 Y. M. Murray What it Takes to Get to Vegas xi. 186: He’d found part-time work at a Taco Bell downtown, but his full-time job was being a radical mofo with a mission. 2005 SL (Cape Town, South Africa) (Feb.) 8/3: Keane better than Coldplay? You must be kidding.… I hope the Chris Martin mafia comes to take you mofos down! 2006 Navy Times (Aug. 28) 33: Much of the credit, of course, goes to Jackson, Mr. Mofo himself, proving anew that he’s one of the baddest movie men on the planet.
mofo adjective & adverb
= MOTHERFUCKING. Jocular.
1973 O. Z. Acosta Revolt of Cockroach People (1989) ii. 28: What about all those books that got me through the long Mofo nights? 1989 W.E. Merritt Rivers Ran Backward 20: You mofo lucky they sent me along. 1996 Observer (Dec. 29) 31/2: Peter…has been trying to pretend he’s terribly bothered about all this press attention re. personal chauffeur-driven limo from Palumbo. It’s actually rather hideous—every time it draws up I expect to see Huggy Bear slink out in purple pimp-suit and mo’fo’ fedora. 2007 “Zane” Dear G-Spot 135: She was laying there, stiff as a mofo board, while I drilled this big pipe in and out that poontang.
mofuck noun
= MOTHERFUCKER; MOTHERFUCKING.
1962 H. Simmons On Eggshells 143: Get out the way, moa-fugg. 1978 T. C. Fox Cops 47: If the Killer is played by a black actor, the following changes should be made in the dialogue… pg. 30—Killer I don’t give a fuck, mo’fuck. 1982 J. M. Del Vecchio 13th Valley 477: This mofuck division fucked up. 1983 R.C. Mason Chickenhawk 105 [refers to 1965]: [The mongoose] was young and tame, and he named it Mo’fuck. 1985 G. Bear Dead Run in Collected Stories of Greg Bear (2002) 333: “You can take us back, mister! You really can!” “Can he?” “Shit no, mofuck pig.” 1990 J. Levy Squeeze Play 287: There were street punks in ripped-off Nikes screaming “Mo’fuck” in my ear.
Mongolian cluster fuck noun
see under CLUSTERFUCK noun.
monkey noun
In phrases:
a monkey fucking a football and variants, a ridiculous or clumsy figure.
1968 P. Tauber Sunshine Soldiers 117: You know what you look like, Pea-zer, stupid? You look like a monkey trying to fuck a football. 1977 in S. Lyle & P. Golenbock Bronx Zoo 17: Jesus Christ! You looked like a monkey trying to fuck a football out there! 1981 W. T. Hathaway World of Hurt 47: You look like a monkey fucking a football. 1984 K. Weaver Texas Crude 34: That guy tryin’ to change a tire looks like a monkey tryin’ to fuck a football. 1988 D. Poyer The Med 422: You people cry like fifteen monkeys fuckin’ a football. 2005 E. Puchner Music through the Floor 74: Watching you work is like watching a monkey fuck a football.
monkey’s fuck, British. the least bit, a damn; FUCK noun, definition 2.a. Also in euphemized variants.
[1893 R. G. Hampton Major in Washington 97: A poker I.O.U. that wasn’t worth a monkey’s snicker.] [1942 P. Larkin Letter (Mar. 20) in Selected Letters (1992) 32: I rather liked the way the words “monkey’s fuck” and “bugger” shone like sign posts in the strange country of this drunken Scotch.] 1960 G. W. Target Teachers 100: The Old Man’s door opened and the pair of them came out, Stillwell not seeming to give a monkey’s, but too casual, and poor Jimmy Taylor with his hands clenched before him. 1961 E. Partridge Dictionary of Slang & Unconventional English (ed. 5) Suppl. 1188/1: Monkey’s f*ck, not to care a, not to care a rap; low (esp. Naval). 1968 M. Woodhouse Rock Baby xii. 116: I don’t give a monkey’s knee if he was with the Resistance or the Mafia. 1970 Observer (May 10) 33/5: Tony Martin has booked himself a vasectomy… “I was brought up a Catholic…but I don’t give a monkey’s; you’ve got to be practical.” 1975 J. Wainwright Square Dance 26: “Not,” snarled Sugden, “that I give a solitary monkey’s toss what you wear.” 1990 Lancet (June 2) 1313/2: In the words of one member of the underclass, [the government] “doesn’t give a monkey’s.” 2006 S. Hill Risk of Darkness 161: “I don’t give a monkey’s fuck,” Nathan said viciously, “about Frankie Nixon.”
mother noun
(a partial euphemism for) MOTHERFUCKER (in any sense).
1935 in P. Oliver Blues Tradition 232: Dirty Mother For You. 1936 in M. Leadbitter & N. Slaven Blues Records 297: She’s A Mellow Mother For You. 1944 in C. Himes Black on Black 209: That old mother, cotton, is gonna kill me yet. 1958 E. Gilbert Vice Trap 110: Jive and lush don’t use together, you mother. 1960 in T.C. Bambara Gorilla 49: Now this jive mother who is my boss thinks he can make some bread by recording some of the old-timers. 1961 J. Brosnan Pennant Race 74: Malone pulls that ball on a line and Willie is a dead mother. 1961 G. Forbes Goodbye to Some 82 [refers to WWII]: That mother Stevens dropped a crab in the beer. 1961 H. Ellison Gentleman Junkie 144: He just grabbed that muthuh by the neck and…beat the crap outta him. 1962 K. Kesey One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 175: Drive, you puny mothers, drive!…Practice, you mothers, get that ball and let’s get a little sweat rollin’! 1961–64 D. Barthelme Come Back, Dr. Caligari 142: You brought the darkness, you black mother. 1964 R. Newhafer Last Tallyho 182: If ever…I get out of this mother of a thunderstorm. Ibid. 302: There’s nothing wrong with these mothers at all. 1965 J. L. Herlihy Midnight Cowboy 101: It’s a powerful mothah, ain’t it? 1967 G. Moorse Duck May be Somebody’s Mother 139: Jeez, Doc,…you’re about the smartest muther in the whole world. 1971 J. P. Sloan War Games 125: There sits a man who is going to go home and tell his wife a mother of a story. 1972 D. Jenkins Semi-Tough 188: Some wives is gonna read that mother you writin’, you dig what I’m sayin’? 1972 C. Gaines Stay Hungry 34: He had worked [his calves] so hard he thought they would pop off, but the mothers wouldn’t grow. 1973 W. Karlin et al. Free Fire Zone 164: I can take work!…I can work like a mother! 1976 C. R. Anderson Grunts 47 [refers to 1969]: You mean it’s that hill over there, the bald mother? 1978 H. Selby Requiem for a Dream 247: Yeah, he be a cool mutha jim. 1984 G. Holland Let a Soldier Die 156: Deal those mothers! 1985 D. Killerman Hellrid
er 9: You muvva. 1986 B. Breathed Bloom County (syndicated comic strip) (Dec. 3): Just wing that mother. 1987 N.Y. Daily News (July 2) M3: Here comes that evil mother; we can’t win now. 1988 Living Dangerously (A&E-TV): The river is one tough mother [to cross]. 1992 New York Magazine (Mar. 30) 61: He has never tried a case before, but he’s a tough little mother. 1999 M. Foley Have Nice Day v. 73: I climbed into the front seat [of the car] and attempted to fire the mother up. Needless to say, the mother didn’t fire. Neither did it flicker or even spark. It was one dead mother. 2007 On Board (Jan.) 48/2: This year’s goggles come in a variety of different colours: check these gold mothers.
In phrases:
ham and mothers, see ham and motherfuckers under MOTHERFUCKER.
1973 (quotation at ham and motherfuckers under MOTHERFUCKER). 1978 G. Hasford Short-Timers 86 [refers to Vietnam War]: Ham and mothers.… I hate…ham and lima beans. 1990 G.R. Clark Words of Vietnam War 52: Ham and lima beans…“ham-and-mothers.” 1996 D. Jauss Black Maps 27: You look like you’ve put on a couple of pounds since yesterday.… Maybe you had an extra helping of ham and mothers? 2004 R. E. Peavey Praying for Slack 251: Nobody eats ham and mothers up here.
your mother! Especially Juvenile. (used as a derisive retort). [It is widely perceived that the phrase abbreviates go fuck your mother and is therefore especially provoking; it is also reminiscent of the “dozens,” a game of ritually exchanging insults.]
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