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"Your Mother..."
"No, not my Mom! Somebody else's Mom. Someone's sick and deranged Mom... "
Space Ghost
Trash-talk or smack is a form of boast or insult that is common in sports and other competitions. It is usually used as a way to intimidate the opposition, but can also be used as humor. It is characterized by wild exaggeration and improbable similes, such as, "Your team can't run! You run like honey on ice!" (that is, stiffly and slowly). Bad puns and other wordplay are also characteristic of trash-talk.
RU2 will be rely primarily on sarcasim* to point out the painfully obvious.
Often, a rivalry or cross-team competition is the source of trash-talk. When trash-talk is used in a humorous way, there is a common etiquette. Typically, it is not appropriate to engage in trash-talk if you do not have an interest in the item being trash-talked. For example, talking trash about a fan's team when one doesn't even follow the sport crosses the line from being trash-talk to being an insult. Devolving into personal attacks or attacks on your opponent's family (apart from their mothers) is inappropriate. Trash-talk should be done with respect to others on a personal level. Respect to others should come foremost in all forms of communication.**
*And unretouched photos.
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash-talk
see also: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=talk+smack |
