motherfucker

In the Depression in the 1930s, women desperate to feed their children would sometimes prostitute themselves for money for food. A motherfucker was a man who would actually have sex with a woman in this situation, rather than just giving her a little money.

This description of "motherfucker" is from "Growing Up Absurd", Paul Goodman (Random House, 1956)

by chookyembra August 02, 2011