Way OT: Oh No You Didn't

[holliscx]

I went to hs in south Ga. in the late 1980s / early 1990s. One year girls in my math class started doing this thing where they would hold up their finger and move their head in circles while keeping the rest of their body still. It was a dramatic way to say "Oh no you didn't" - while some white girls did a poor imitation the black girls in my class owned it - there was a deep pride in putting someone in his place with this at the time. I was talking to a friend about this recently and neither of us have any idea where this originated. He grew up in Virginia but remembers the same thing. I'm thinking it's some sort of pop culture reference along the lines of "You just got served" but does anyone know where this originated or if it has a name?

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[false_aesthetic]

The google box tells me its either one of those catch phrases from the TV show Martin (1992-1997) or from Riki Lake.





If you need me I'll be reading the dictionary trying to filter that shit out of my head.

[dgaddis]

MTV maybe?

[rowdyhillrambler]

Absolutely it was the show Martin, my mother would watch that and the Apollo. She would laugh for hours, Martin played a character and that was her catch phrase

[holliscx]

Martin Lawrence? I used to watch him. Researching now that does sound like something Martin would say and the era is right i.e. right before In Living Color and the Fly Girls!

[holliscx]

winner winner chicken dinner above clip at 1:05

really appreciate the help fellas I used to watch Martin too but had forgotten about Sheneneh