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Insulting reference to someone's mother

A "yo mama" joke is a form of humor involving a verbal disparaging of one's mother. Used as an insult, "your mother " preys on widespread sentiments of parental respect. Suggestions of promiscuity and obesity are common, but the form's limit is human ingenuity. Compared to other types of insults, "your mother" insults are especially likely to incite violence. Slang variants such as "ur mum" are sometimes used, depending on speaker. Insults involving "your mother" are commonly used when playing the Dozens. In non American areas, the association can be with juvenile culture generally. Although the phrase has a long history of including a description portion, such as the old "your mother wears combat boots", the phrase "yo mama" by itself, without any qualifiers, has become commonly used as an all purpose insult or an expression of defiance.

John Dollard said the dozens was a way to express or mitigate anger in underprivileged African American groups. There are issues of gender, as he imagined this a matter of young men within a matriarchal structure.

Movies have seen the incorporation of "Yo Mama" jokes, utilized as punchlines or comedic dialogues between characters. For instance, in the movie White Men Can't Jump, characters exchange "Yo Mama" jokes. Other movies like The Nutty Professor (1996) have featured "Yo Mama" jokes as part of the comedic interaction between characters. Comedian Richard Pryor also incorporated "Yo Mama" jokes in some of his stand up routines, contributing to the jokes' popularity.