He is a man cunt mofo IMO.

And I've come to believe that words aren't offensive. One CHOOSES to be offended, and can choose to not be offended and just blow it off.

Maybe in England, where "Cunt" is every 3rd word.

...now it's an idiom.

at least, in my exhaustive minutes of googling, i haven't been able to find anything suggesting it was ever meant to be interpreted literally, whether the "mother" in question was meant to be one's own mother or someone else's mother.

of course, the mere, motherless "fucker" similarly seems like an odd insult. back in high school, virgins were laughed at and being known as someone who had sex was a badge of honor, so being called a "fucker" would seem like it should be a compliment. but don't try this at home, kids....

...no one knows what the heck I'm talking about anymore.

Then see if it has lost its meaning. If it has, let me know, cuz I’d like to give it a try.

I can't think of a situation where calling a person a c--t could be seen as laudatory. I can think of situations where saying so and so is a bad mother f--ker is seen as laudatory as in "...You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother (Shut your mouth)."

"Words weigh a ton, and the president has to realize his words weigh a ton, too, and some of the words he's used have a direct impact on people's lives. My colleague's comments do not have an impact on people's lives."

I don't know if anyone intends it to imply rape or not.

Were children listening to the MoveOn meeting? It seems unlikely.

Because it's saying they are as bad as someone who commits incest, it's saying they are universally loathed, for how they act. It's not a comparison to a body part that half the population has (and the half with, especially historically, less power and control).

Strange, I hear motherfucker used almost always to insult men. It's not about the patriarchy; it's saying the target is despicable.

hence a child did hear it.

...she may well have embellished the ending for the crowd, while certainly relating the part about impeachment and bullies to her son.

It implies a incestous sexual act, and cunt is a derogatory term for a female body part.

+1

It's an incestuous insult, implying that the person being insulted has sex with his mother.

The other word is a derogatory name for female genitalia, and implies that there is something bad about such genitalie, making it a sexist slur.

Whether Cunt is derogatory. In America, it certainly is, although Feminism has sought to re-claim it in the last 20 years.

It comes from the Latin Cunnus, or Vulva. In Old English it was "Cunny", which is kind of cute sounding.

In modern England, it's now every 3rd word out of people's mouths, and can be used as a term of affection. Over there, it's no worse that calling someone a Bell End.

I keep hearing this on US forums.

I've lived in the UK all my life. It most definitely is not that commonly used or heard.

It's a very strong taboo curse in most social environments, not much different to the situation in the US. If you're visiting the UK, I'd advise caution about the circumstances in which you use it.

To address the OP while I'm here, I'd understood "motherfucker" to originally refer to someone who used female prostitutes, the inference being that the prostitutes are somebody's mothers.

I'll leave others to debate whether that's an apt description of Trump.

obviously.

It's a curse word to be sure; it doesn't carry quite the harshness with which is empowered here. Maybe my Welsh friend is a bit too fond of it...

Yes, at school, it got bandied about quite a bit, and not in a complimentary way. It is sometimes used as banter between some who know each other REALLY well, but never in my circles at that time. It was more an invitation to a fight.

It's pretty damn harsh in most circumstances in the UK.

People never fight in America any more, they just shoot each other.

On the contrary, it can actually acknowledge their power, however offensively it is wielded.

Twisting yourself that much to claim that?

wait, no I'm not

I know that I should expect at least one negative comment that contributes absolutely nothing. Thanks for playing your part.

You offered zero evidence to support your premise, and ignored the relevant difference between the literal and the colloquial.

Thanks for playing your part, part deux.

a tax system that funnels our money to the rich; the greatest inequality in America'x history; a president about to declare a false national emergency; ......

the list goes on and on and this is what you choose to focus on?
I am sorry to be so blunt, but there are really, really important issues to focus on. The rape of our planet for instance. Will food stand up to the climate change?

Hard to decide

Words mean things, but the same words can mean different things, depending on the situation that they are used in.

For instance, the word 'fuck' in many cases is a reference to sexual intercourse. "I'd love to 'fuck' her" or "I'd 'fuck' the hell out of him." Or "We 'fucked', but were never really together."

But saying stuff like "'Fuck the New England Patriots, and Bill Belichick" or "'Fuck' this piece of shit car." or "What the 'fuck' is going on here?" don't have anything all to do with sexual intercourse.

I'd guess that when most people call donald trump a "mofo" they don't mean he had sex with, or raped, his own mother (or anyone else's). I think most people understand that that means he's an asshole.....just like calling him an asshole wouldn't actually mean that he's literally an anus. It just means that he's a bad person.

Calling the president a "motherfucker" = not offensive.

The president calling nazis "very fine people" = not only offensive but insane and alarming.

Words don't scare me. The deranged ramblings of a racist, irrational motherfucker scare me.

Which you should think about every time you hear the phrase "Great Again"

word you can think of.

Not the same

usually used as a generalized term of abuse"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motherfucker

Is not Trump contemptible or offensive?

Note the difference with the word "cunt".

"cunt noun

1 obscene : the female genital organs "

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cunt

The term "motherfucker", as used today, doesn't have anything to do with sex while "cunt" is gender specific.

Had you referred to an on line dictionary, you probably would have been able to answer your own question and not had to write an OP.

Who is forcing you to lower your standards?

Else what leads you to allege our use is predicated on his vulgarity?

Back in the 60’s I lustily engaged in course language as a sign of being a “liberated” woman. A few decades of experience has shifted my perspective, and I see how I was manipulated into accepting the sexist, misogynist Master Narrative. Now I see a correlation between the coarsening of our culture and the vile creature that ended up in the White House.

I think there is a correlation too. A few well-placed expletives can make a point, but when they are used by everyone all the time it just brings the whole culture to a lower, baser level.

I’m sick of the whole bitches and hos thing.

"Daughter F@#ker" is more appropriate when talking about Donnie Short Fingers, but MOFO rolls off the tongue better.

So you are right about the actual words.

But the children! They will be ok.

Cunt is a female body part and the word is more often than not used by men to degrade women. You couldn’t be more off in your comparison. Not even sure why there was a want to try to compare. The effort being put in here is way too much.

SALT cap lifted. I don't want to spend five billion on a stupid Fucking wall.

There are many pejoratives that could be accurately used to describe Trump without using words that demean women. Trump demeans women enough as it is.

I remember when my youngest son was around 11 and asked me, "What is the man word for slut"? I told him there wasn't one. Misogyny runs deep in America and we have very far to go.

Narcissist that he is, I could see him being an MF. On the other hand, Ivanka is his daughter, what's that called?

Why do we have any obligation at all to be civil to that daughterfucker?

I think "motherfucker" refers to someone doing something terrible but where we also, kind of, almost admire their nerve/cheek. A "mofo" is the kid in your class at school that is confident enough to get off with an adult. Yes, that's deeply wrong (mostly for the adult) but there's also a little acknowledgment of admiration for their daring. The equivalent is something like "cheeky bastard".

"Cunt" is 100% about shaming confident women into not asserting themselves. It is used to enforce social norms and double standards that stigmatize the way women behave. It is straight up hate speech when it is used that way.