Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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motherfucker

UK /mʌðəˌfʌkə/ · US /mʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/ interjection, noun

Forms motherfuckers MF mofo mothafucka mothafucker mothafugga mothafuggah mothafukka mothahfuckah mothahfucker mothahfuggah motherfucka motherfuckah mother-fucker mother fucker motherfugga

  1. interjection (vulgar) Expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.
  2. noun (vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible, vicious or mean person. “Up against the wall, motherfucker.”
  3. noun (vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening. “Check out this motherfucker.”
  4. noun (vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative. “War is a motherfucker.”
  5. noun (with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree. “I jammed my finger in the door yesterday. It hurt like a motherfucker.”
  6. noun (vulgar) A good very close friend or relative. “How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker?”
  7. noun (vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
  8. noun (vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.

Synonyms

fuck shit son of a bitch oh my God Jesus Christ futhermucker motherchucker motherfouler motherlicker mothersucker motherfunker motherhumper motherfricker motherlover motherflipper mothertrucker motherfluffer emmereffer muhfugga muthafucka asshole bastard cocksucker dickhead mother fucker prick whoreson SOB

Etymology

Compound of mother + fucker; attested since 1918. The injury comes from the implication of somebody sleeping with their own mother, but was probably not used literally until later.
Also analyzed as a calque of Hindustani مَادَر چود (mādar cod) / मादरचोद (mādarcod).

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “motherfucker”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details