mofo

• mo-fo, mo fo, mo' fo

Abbreviation of motherfucker or motherfucking.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊfəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊfoʊ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -əʊfəʊ

mofo (plural mofos)

1. (vulgar, slang) Abbreviation of motherfucker.

   Man, he's a big mofo.

mofo (not comparable)

1. (vulgar, slang) Abbreviation of motherfucking.

   Man, he's got a big mofo truck.

mofo (not comparable)

1. (vulgar, slang) Abbreviation of motherfucking.

• FOMO, FoMO, foom, moof

Unknown. Perhaps onomatopoeic or either of Germanic origin: compare Portuguese mofo, Spanish moho, Italian muffa (“mould”), German Muff (“mouldy smell”), Dutch muf (“musty”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmofo/ [ˈmo.fʊ]
• Rhymes: -ofo
• Hyphenation: mo‧fo

mofo m (plural mofos)

1. mold
2. moss

   Synonym: musgo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mofo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mofo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mofo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Uncertain. Some sources claim the word comes from Spanish moho or Italian muffa (“mildew, mold”) and derive the verb mofar (“to grow mold”) from the noun; other sources claim a deverbal derivation from mofar, but fail to explain the etymology of the verb.

• môfo (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: -ofu
• Hyphenation: mo‧fo

mofo m (plural mofos)

1. mold
2. the smell of mold
3. must (the property of being stale or musty)
4. (phytopathology) mildew (growth of minute powdery or webby fungi on a plant)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɔfu
• Hyphenation: mo‧fo

mofo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mofar

• “mofo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “mofo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “mofo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “mofo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

mofo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mofar

From English mouth.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.fo/

mofo

1. mouth
2. (archaic) word
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 February 2023, s.v. bringi:

     na fotto dem no habi da muffe so menni; da Djutongo: ma nuffe plantasi habi hem.

     [Na foto, den no abi a mofo someni; na Dyutongo. Ma nofo pranasi abi en.]

     In the city, they don't have [use] this word so much; it's Saramaccan. But enough plantations have [use] it.

   • 1855, Hendrik Charles Focke, Neger-Engelsch woordenboek [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[2], Leiden: P.H. van den Heuvell, page 83:

     Mi wan tákki wan mófo nánga joe

     [Mi wani taki wan mofo nanga yu]

     I want to have a word with you.

• Aukan: mofu

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “mofo”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary