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dozens

noun

  1. verbal game involving insulting others' relatives
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Wiktionary

noun

  1. A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.

    […] black communities, this “snap” or example of the “dozens” (the clever form of insult also known as signifying and dissin') appears: “Your father's so black that when he falls down, people hop over him for fear of falling in.”

dozens — meaning, definition (noun) · Vinony