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

[Charles Albert]

This is a subset of trash talk called "the dozens"....

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8715%28196207%2F09%2975%3A297%3C209%3A%22TD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F&size=LARGE


love,
cfa



On 2/12/07, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> "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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