An Etymology Lesson From Infidel Bloggers Alliance

(Hat tip to Watcher)

We've all heard the phrase "motherfucker." Now, I don't know about you, but I've always wondered where it came from. It's a strange form of insult. While we can certainly all agree that anyone who does have a sexual relationship with his mother is degenerate and sick, in reality, it is very rare that we ever really believe that anyone is actually a motherfucker.

Think about it this way, when you call a guy a cocksucker, for instance, you really mean it, in some sense. You mean that he is less than manly, or that he is a suckup, overly ingratiating, or whatever. Whe you call a guy a shithead, you mean he has shit for brains, that he is thick, or stupid.

But, when you call a guy a motherfucker, you don't, in any sense, really mean that he resembles a guy who would have sex with his mother, right? You just don't, do you?

So, where did this mysterious phrase come from?

Well, it turns out it is a curse which originated in the Middle Eastern Christian community, in the days before they had been thoroughly dhimmified. The original version of the curse went thusly,

"You disgust me like Mo The Fucker."

And, of course, they were referring to the hated one, Mohammed himself.

In other words, you are an insecure, psychopathic, power-obsessed freak of a man.

The curse was later shortened to simply, "Mo The Fucker." Then, it became run together in its pronunciation, "Mothefucker." And, it gradually evolved into the modern, "Mothafucker."

Well, there you have it. Don't ever say you don't learn anything here at IBA.