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

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

I wouldn't call "The Dozens" the subset here, it's the mainline, 
the very point of this passage. Someone else downstream on 
the p-list pointed out the delectable 's'los, hund? sometime back. 
(Translation: 's'up, dawg?). And the outrage of a quintessential 
rascist like Franz Ferdinand trying to pull off that kind of a stunt, in 
a place like that. . . . .

Meanwhile, more dozens:

"Yo' momma" is a common, widely recognized retort in slang. It is 
a cryptic and sometimes comical allusion to the dozens. A more 
extended version is the Yo Momma joke, the most common way 
of playing the dozens, using a mix of exaggeration or even pop 
culture references to talk about the health, size, age, skin color, 
or sexual promiscuity of the opponent's mother (fathers and 
sisters are also popular targets, as well as the person they 
are insulting):

Yo momma so fat, she jumped in the air and got stuck!
Yo momma so dumb, she thought a quarterback was a refund!
Yo momma so old, when God said: "Let there be light," she threw the switch!
Yo momma teeth so yellow, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!
Yo mama so greasy she sweats her own Crisco!
Yo momma so tall, she did a backflip and kicked God in the chin!
Yo momma so stupid, she went to Dr. Seuss for a boob job!
Yo momma so ugly, she got arrested for mooning when she looked out the window!
Yo momma so stupid she jumped off a building and got lost half-way down!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dozens



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/