Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emeff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-eff
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of motherfucker.

adj

Synonym of motherfucking.

Example Sentences

"I got to contend with the students, the school board, the parents, the teacher’s union, the Board of Ed., the PTA, the principal, winos on the block, the pushers, the hall monitors, and in particular, this one Black teacher who is the local Gestapo, with Black Power, like crazy, all over the emm-eff community."

Etymology

Minced oath of motherfucker based on the names of the initial letters of its elements, equivalent to the phonetic respelling of the initialism MF. First attested in the 1960s.

Origin

First known use: First attested in the 1960s

Inflected Forms

emeffs (plural) em eff (alternative) em-eff (alternative)

Synonyms

MF emeffer emmereffer mothereffer motherfucker emeffing mothereffing motherfucking

Questions

What does emeff mean?: Synonym of motherfucker.
Where does emeff come from?: First known use: First attested in the 1960s.

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