"Your momma wears combat boots." Why was that offensive back then?

[jtvang125]

I remember in Napoleon Dynamite that girl was told her mom wears combat boots and she ran off crying. Back in elementary school it was a popular insult among the kids too.

Is it insulting just by the fact that you're talking about someone's mother or is there some other underlying meaning, such as she's a tomboy cause she wears them?

 

[randay]

lesbian probably.

 

[ElFenix]

it starts with the ultimate insult: "your momma"

 

[azazyel]

Just a guess but maybe after WWII there was a surplus of army boots and were really cheap? Kind of like government cheese but boots?

 

[FoBoT]

it comes from the japanese insult "o-ma-e no kah-chan wa de-be-soh" meaning "your mother has a protruding navel"

the natural association between boots and navels, of course

 

[BatmanNate]

Ever been to Lilith fair?

 

[blurredvision]

"Your momma was a snow blower!" -Johnny 5

 

[dafatha00]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
I remember in Napoleon Dynamite that girl was told her mom wears combat boots and she ran off crying. Back in elementary school it was a popular insult among the kids too.

Is it insulting just by the fact that you're talking about someone's mother or is there some other underlying meaning, such as she's a tomboy cause she wears them?

The joke in Napoleon Dynamite was "Your mom goes to college".

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: dafatha00

Originally posted by: jtvang125
I remember in Napoleon Dynamite that girl was told her mom wears combat boots and she ran off crying. Back in elementary school it was a popular insult among the kids too.

Is it insulting just by the fact that you're talking about someone's mother or is there some other underlying meaning, such as she's a tomboy cause she wears them?

The joke in Napoleon Dynamite was "Your mom goes to college".

Oh snap! You're right.

 

[Ronstang]

Way back when women were actually feminine and dressed as such. There was not unisex boring clothing as there is today. Back then a woman clothed was as sexy as she was naked.....made the days nice while waiting for the evenings.

 

[BooGiMaN]

i remember it being your momma wears roach stompers....and then you pretended to stomp on huge roaches while laughing at the person...

 

[nanette1985]

Originally posted by: azazyel
Just a guess but maybe after WWII there was a surplus of army boots and were really cheap? Kind of like government cheese but boots?

Close. Army boots were indestructable. My father had a pair of them which he wore on the farm - they were still going strong when he died in the late 1970's. Ratty, but still intact.

It was bad enough that your daddy wore combat boots/arms boots. But when your mother did it, it meant your family was the lowest of the low.