Your mom jokes commonly termed as yo mama jokes are aimed at insulting and cracking the opposite’s mother. Its origin can be traced in West African cultures. This is common among African American male members. The competitors are called dozens. Generally, your mom fight continues for a while. It is a game! It is like word battling and the loser may feel offended or humiliated. It starts wit oral battling but can end up in physical assaults. The main aim is to abuse and putdown the opposite’s mother. It is so fat when she stepped in to the city the earth quaked. This irritates the other and the argument continues with similar insulting statements. This indirectly expresses ones love toward the mother. Traces of yo mama jokes are found in Arabic poems and Scottish poems. This yo mama jokes are popular in the United States of America and areas where there are large African populations.