WORD OF THE DAY....MOTHERFUCKER....

is a vulgarism which, in its most literal use, refers to one who participates in sexual intercourse with someone's mother.

The term gained traction during World War II, originally amongst African American GIs, and was applied to American soldiers (black, white, or otherwise) in war-torn Europe who would trade food, money, or anything of value for sex with desperately poor or starving French and German women. Many of these women were housewives whose husbands had been conscripted away, killed, or imprisoned, leaving the women to support the couple's children alone.