Compared to other types of insults, 'your mother' insults are especially likely to incite violence. Insults based on obesity, height, hairiness, laziness, incest, age, race, poverty, poor hygiene, unattractiveness, homosexuality, or stupidity may also be used. 'Your mother' can be combined with most types of insults, although suggestions of promiscuity are particularly common. ' preys on widespread sentiments of parental respect, making the insult particularly and globally offensive. A variation of a maternal insult graffitied on a wall in French, translated as 'Go fuck your mayor' ('mère' which means mother sounds similar to 'maire' which means mayor).Ī maternal insult, also referred to as a 'yo mama' joke, is a reference to a person's mother through the use of phrases such as 'your mother' or other regional variants, frequently used to insult the target by way of their mother.
