yo momma

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒmə

Interjection

yo momma

1. (African-American Vernacular) A general purpose insult.
   • 1973, Black World, page 55:

     "where you git it?" asked Freddie. "Yo momma." "Aw, Rank, cut that shit out, man."

   • 1991, Evelyn Baker Dandy, Black Communications: Breaking Down the Barriers, page 87:

     In order to keep the teacher from knowing what we were doing, we just cleared our throats and that meant “your mother" (yo momma) .

   • 2006, John H. Eaves, Speakers of the House, page 113:

     "I'm out stank man!" I said to the laughing gas man. "Yo momma."

   • 2007, Marc Parent, Aimee Bender, Benjamin Cheever, The Secret Society of Demolition Writers:

     In that vein, I would like to dedicate this book to the drivers of tonight's heat: to Aimee, Ben, Mike, Sebastian, Elizabeth, Ro, Chris, Anna, John, Alice, and Lauren—bad-to-the-bone outlaw crushers every last one of you—yo' momma.

Usage notes

• Associated with The Dozens, a black American game of exchanging insults, which often involve the opponent's mother.