ATDTDA (2): "your mama" (48.7)

Tim Strzechowski dedalus204 at comcast.net
Mon Feb 12 16:00:42 CST 2007


"Something about . . . your . . . wait . . . deine Mutti, as you would say, your . . . your mama, she plays third base for the Chicago White Stockings [...] a quite unappealing woman, indeed she is so fat, that to get from her tits to her ass, one has to take the 'El'!  Tried once to get into the Exposition, they say, no, no, lady, this is the world's Fair, not the world's Ugly" (p. 48)

 
Trash-talk is a form of boast or insult that is common in sports and other competitions. It is usually used as a way to intimidate the opposition, but can also be used as humor. It is characterized by wild exaggeration and improbable similies, such as, "Your team can't run! You run like honey on ice!" (that is, stiffly and slowly). Bad puns and other wordplay are also characteristic of trash-talk. [...]
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash-talk
 
 
Yo momma so dumb, she asked what letter comes after X in the alphabet, I said, ''Y,'' and she said, ''Because I wanna know.''
 
http://trashtalking.student.com/
 
http://www.humorsphere.com/yo_mama/
 



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