Yo Mama Jokes Origin

Yo Mama Jokes Origin by Naomi West

There are hundreds of jokes that we all quote and use in order to put a smile on other people's face, make others laugh, or just to insult them! The latter is more often the case and trust me there are plenty of jokes to choose from when you are trying to make of others. You can use the ever popular blonde jokes, then there are the lawyer jokes (but only if you know someone who is a lawyer), or you can battle it out with yo mama jokes.
Not many categories of jokes have a history or background. We don't know who started them or why they were started. Or we do - but they are very basic. For example we have blonde jokes to make fun of women with blonde hair because we feel that many of them are or act like they don't know anything. We make fun of lawyers because well…that's a story we won't get into right now.
Surprisingly enough when it comes to yo mama jokes they come with a very interesting background. Yo mama jokes are also referred to as 'the dozens' and is an tradition among African Americans in which two people (that are usually guys) will compete against each other in trash talking. This trash talking is all in good fun and in the middle of it are their mothers.
The two competitors will go back and forth and try to come up with the best comeback jokes against the other person's mother until someone gives up in defeat. Playing the dozens using yo mama jokes is played to see who is has the better mental toughness and mental agility. Each joke that is used makes it that much more difficult for the other to respond with a comeback.
If you listen closely to these jokes and when two are competing against each other you will notice a hint of elements that are often used to create many hip hop songs called 'battling'.
Usually yo mama jokes are used to poke fun at others and no one takes it personal. However, there are times when people do it to be personal. When this happens people start to become very angry and in most cases it will end with some type of violent act. But in its best form the dozens is just purely verbal sparring.
Yo mama jokes are just one example of the dozens game. They are very cryptic, short, and in most cases downright hilarious. Other times the fathers, sisters, brothers, or even wives will be the object of attention.
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