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| free weblogs, pot, putdowns, french/appendices/french english dictionary, write, pop, uruguayanspanish, political, classkcclass kc books overland park blue valley school district kansas, colombian, b boy, photo essay, stars, and numbers, poets, | While the competition on its face is usually light-hearted, smiles sometimes mask real tensions. In its purest form, the dozens is part of an African-American custom of orgy verbal sparring, of "woofin'" and "signifyin'", ostensibly intended to defuse conflict nonviolently, descended from an oral tradition rooted in traditional West African cultures. "Yo' momma" is a common, widely recognized retort in African-American slang. It is a cryptic and sometimes comical allusion to the orgy dozens. The term the dozens is believed to refer to the devaluing on the auction block orgy of slaves who were past their prime, deformed, aged, or no longer capable of hard labor after years of back-breaking toil. These slaves often were sold by the dozen. In "Still Laughing to Keep from Crying: Black Humor", African-American author and professor Mona Lisa Saloy writes: The dozens has its origins in the slave trade of New Orleans where deformed slaves—generally slaves punished with dismemberment for disobedience—were grouped in lots of a 'cheap dozen' for sale to slave owners. |
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| This is called playing the dozens, doin' the dozens, or sometimes dirty dozens. The dozens is a contest of personal power—of wit, verbal ability, and mental agility, but especially of mental toughness and self-control. Each putdown, or snap, ups the ante. Defeat can be humiliating, but a skilled contender, win or lose, may gain respect. Informally, this french/appendices/french english dictionary practice of light-hearted teasing is deeply rooted in the humor, affection, personality, and everyday social interaction of french/appendices/french english dictionary Black Americans. The dozens is one of the contributing elements in the development of hip hop, especially the french/appendices/french english dictionary practice of battling. Contents 1 History and practice 2 The dozens in literature and the performing arts 3 Related practices outside the African-American community 4 Examples of snaps 5 See also 6 References 7 External links [edit] History and practice The dozens can be a harmless game of casual, good-natured jibes, an exchange of malicious insults, or, if tempers flare, a prelude to physical violence. |
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