What does de puta madre mean?

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bloody brilliant

Vulgar on the outside and entirely positive on the inside. It is the enthusiastic answer to ¿cómo estás? and also a compliment: el concierto estuvo de puta madre. It is the best example of the thing that surprises every learner of Spanish: in it, the vulgarity does not decide whether something is good or bad, it only turns the volume up.

—¿Qué tal el finde? —De puta madre.
Delight, expressed in the strongest terms available.

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