Motherfucker

Motherfucker (also contracted form: mofo and muthafucka) is one of the strongest insults in the English language, related to the widely condemned biological and cultural incest taboo. Of course, one could argue that a motherfucker is exactly what the word says: one who has sex with a mother. The term is popular in hip hop culture.

In recent years, "motherfucker" is increasingly being used to describe inanimate objects, such as in the song "Fire Water Burn" by the Bloodhound Gang:

The roof the roof the roof is on fire

We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn

Burn motherfucker burn

Still, in spite of (often humorous) overuse, the term is widely considered highly insulting when used in earnest.

Another example of the hyperbolic use of the term "motherfucker" is Ken Mondschein's Webzine Corporate Motherfucker

See also: profanity