See also: Your Mom, ya
mum, Your Mother, Yo Momma
1. A phrase used often in English youth culture as a generic comeback to an insult of any kind.
2. A response to a question of any sort, often not being in any way related to the person whom is asking's mother or even making any sort of sense, although it can sometimes be fitting and even insulting.
3. Used as part of a larger insult usually following the formula; "Your
Mum's so 'x' she is 'y'." This form oftens plays to the target's mother's alledged promiscuity, weight, intellect, age, looks, wealth or background. This is the form of 'Your
Mum' used by
people with higher (if any) intellect.
Be aware that many
people, even if meant as a joke, find the 'Your
Mum' insult just that; insulting, even to the point of violence.
The 'Your
Mum' insult
may appear to be a recent phenomenon, but it has been used by even Shakespeare in his plays, as in Act I Scene 1 of 'Timon of Athens';
Painter: Y'are a dog.
Apemantus: Thy mother's of my generation. What's she, if I be a dog?
The 'Your
Mum' insult was also uses in Act IV, Scene II of Titus Andronicus;
Demetrius: Villain, what hast thou done?
Aaron: That which thou canst not undo.
Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother.
Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother.
Examples:
1. Person 1: You're gay.
Person 2: So's your
mum.
2. Person 1: What did you do last night?
Person 2: Your
mum.
or;
Person 1: What colour is your
car?
Person 2: Your
mum.
3. Your mum's so stupid, she climbed over a glass wall just to see what was on the other side.
or;
Your mum's so fat, when she went sunbathing GreenPeace showed up to try to tow her back into the sea.
