yo momma

interjection

A general purpose insult.

Meanings

interjection

alternative yo mama

  1. African-American VernacularA general purpose insult.

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

    2006, John H. Eaves, Speakers of the House, page 113
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    "where you git it?" asked Freddie. "Yo momma." "Aw, Rank, cut that shit out, man."

    1973, Black World, page 55

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

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

    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.

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

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APA

yo momma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yo%20momma

MLA

“yo momma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yo%20momma. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yo momma,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yo%20momma.

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