mudder
English translation: Mother******
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| 07:59 Feb 26, 2022 |
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| 1 | Person of the land |
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Person of the land Explanation: The mention of a mermaid intrigued me, it seemed like he might be comparing land and shore - hence "mudder", man of the land or similar. I'm sure I've heard this kind of term before. Anyway, I checked the original and a couple of lines down is another reference to land and sea: “The dirty mudder was gonna steal my mermaid.” “Is there anything else about Colonel DeLong that bothers you?” “Yeah. He reminds me of my old man.” “I see,” said Major Haskell. “Now perhaps we are getting somewhere. In what way does he remind you of your father?” “He doesn’t play tennis.” “Why doesn’t your father play tennis?” Major Haskell asked, sort of by reflex, and regretted the question even before the answer. “Because the harpies of the shore have plucked the eagle of the sea,” Hawkeye explained. “He can’t take the ball on the rise no more. They have laid poor Jesse in his grave.” Just a guess though. The mudder/mother idea isn't bad either. |
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Mother****** Explanation: I think this really is blindingly obvious and, as stated in Dbox means "mother" an abbreviated form of motherf*cker and murder is just the way it's pronounced, especially when said through gritted teeth by someone who is annoyed and/or angry MASH is not exactly short on strong language so this is in no way surprising! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 4 hrs (2022-02-28 12:07:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "mudder" to lessen the impact of the swear word and how mother is sometimes pronounced as well. Absolutely nothing to do with horses or mud IN THIS CONTEXT https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mudder#:~:text=Mudder f (geni... Noun Mudder f (genitive Mudder, plural Muddern) (colloquial, slang) mother / mamma (as in deine Mudder "yo mamma") It seems that some of those commenting haven't a clue about MASH and never saw either the film or TV series. Even now, US media does not allow swear words and they are bleeped out of existence if they creep in on live reports or in interviews. Apparently the first time the word "f*ck was used was in the 1967 film of "Ulysses" but in general swear words were/are not used in US TV series https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/mother 10. slang, mainly US short for the taboo word motherfucker -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 4 hrs (2022-02-28 12:09:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry Asker, I thought this was obvious in meaning thus non pro but obviously, judging by the wild guesses, it isn't -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 4 hrs (2022-02-28 12:10:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 6 hrs (2022-02-28 14:27:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://books.google.ie/books?id=QERsPn0nN-YC&pg=PA314&lpg=P... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 days (2022-03-06 01:41:59 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Glad to have helped. I am 100% sure of the meaning here |
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