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Cha

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13. Mahalo for asking, Me..

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Fri May 11, 2018, 08:14 PM

May 2018

I was going to google.

Oh I did anyway..

Dozens is oral legacy rooted in survival

The dozens is a game of verbal combat, played mostly by black males on street corners. It is designed to teach participants to maintain control and keep cool under adverse circumstances.

"We played the dozens for recreation, like white folks play Scrabble," H. Rap Brown once said.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-02-11/features/1994042244_1_mothers-dirty-dozens-censures

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I wonder where Avenatti learned to play the dozens [View all] EffieBlack May 2018 OP

Poor rudy and donnie, a couple of dimwitted assholes coming up against Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #1

Excuse My Ignorance Me. May 2018 #2

It's an insult contest on steroids EffieBlack May 2018 #6

Interestingly, insult contests in poetry seem to have existed The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #10

Thank You EffieBlack Me. May 2018 #17

Mahalo for asking, Me.. Cha May 2018 #13

Glad I'm Not Alone Me. May 2018 #16

Effie, how many people here do you thing know what... brush May 2018 #3

I knew what it means.. HipChick May 2018 #7

We do now.. Cha May 2018 #14

I've known what it means for many years, although I couldn't tell you why or how or when. scarletwoman May 2018 #18

Yeah me too. I've heard that term but I'm clueless. byronius May 2018 #4

That's a term I have heard in years Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2018 #5

Here ya go: winstars May 2018 #8

lol populistdriven May 2018 #9

Oh my mcar May 2018 #11

Touche! smirkymonkey May 2018 #12

With my new found knowledge.. Cha May 2018 #15

... Me. May 2018 #19

.. Cha May 2018 #20