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A "yo mama" joke in William Shakespeare's Timon of Athens, detail from the First Folio. A "yo mama" joke or your mom joke is a form of humor involving a verbal disparaging of one's mother. Used as an insult, "your mother..." preys on widespread sentiments of parental respect.
In some African American dialects, you can refer to your mom as "ma dukes". What does the dukes part mean?--Jerk of Thrones 18:52, 6 June 2013 (UTC) Etymology on Line almost always has the answer. I suspected Cockney rhyming slang, and EO says either that or Romany. See this. μηδείς
"Ah! vous dirai-je, maman " " Ah! vous dirai-je, maman" (French: [a vu diʁeʒ(ə) mamɑ̃], English: Oh!Shall I tell you, Mama) is a popular children's song in France. Since its composition in the 18th century, the melody has been applied to numerous lyrics in multiple languages – the English-language song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is one such example.
Still, she's continued to give audiences what they want. "It never gave me a complex," she said. "I have fun. As long as people enjoy it, I don't care.
A mondegreen (/ ˈ m ɒ n d ɪ ˌ ɡ r iː n / ⓘ) is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. [1] Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to hear a lyric clearly, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.
Gen Z has come up with yet another pop culture phrase to baffle anyone born before the year 2000. On the Feb. 2 edition of Hoda & Jenna, the hosting duo puzzled over a popular Gen Z slang term ...
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) Also all y'all, comparable in meaning and register to north-English, Northern Irish and Scottish "youse, yous". yellow light as in the color at a stoplight (q.v.) or traffic lights (UK: amber) yinz, yunz, you'uns (Western Pennsylvania, especially Pittsburgh) plural you; derived from you ones. Likewise youse in Philadelphia.