How did "Who's your Daddy" originate

[josuff247]

Subject say it all.

[Quake1028]

After one of the late regular season games against the Yanks, Pedro said he should just tip his cap and call the Yankees his daddy (in reference to them owning him lately).

[fumanstan]

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Who is your Daddy and what does he do? :)

[pedagogue]

Originally posted by fumanstan
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Who is your Daddy and what does he do? :)

It is NOT a TUMOR!!!

-pedagogue

[gmal2003]

In Little Rock, Arkansas. About 10 or more years ago some anonymous sports caster for the RazorBacks was calling a game where the opposing team's slogan was "Who's the Man?". The RazorBacks just scored going up 38-20 when he said "Forget who's the man, <b>Who's your Daddy?!!!"</b>.

[The Cow]

This is what started it all..
http://www.traveljournals.net/upload/2/Dec%2020%20-%20Who's%20your%20daddy.JPG

[kenbuzz]

I thought it was a reference to folks from Indiana.

[Maxwell Smart]

Actually I started it back one indian summer when I was slamming this chick in the ass and I said "who's your daddy?" and she said "he's right there dumbass filming us."

And I was like "Oh Yeah"

[AndyCapps]

Originally posted by kenbuzz
I thought it was a reference to folks from Indiana.

Hoosier Daddy?

[kenbuzz]

Originally posted by AndyCapps
Hoosier Daddy?
Funny thing, my wife and I were in Bloomington, IN last weekend to check out the area, homes, etc because we're considering giving up on the East Coast and moving out there this Spring. Lower cost of living, better quality of life, more pay, elementary schools without metal detectors (unlike Prince George's County here in MD), etc etc etc.

She picked up a flyer at the local visitor's information bureau which talked about the origin of the word "Hoosier". There were a lot of speculative explanations given, but the funniest was this:
And then there's the tongue-in-cheek explanation of Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley, who related the term to the roughness and ferocity of the state's early residents. Hoosier pioneers fo ught so violently, Riley contended, that noses were bitten off and eyes jabbed out during these brawls. Hoosier, said Riley, descends from the question posed by a stranger after entering a southern Indiana tavern and pushing a piece of human flesh with his boot toe, asking, "Who's ear?"

[Y2K Falcon]

who's your daddy?/who's yer daddy?/who's ya daddy? - (effectively) I control you - the Who's Your Daddy? expression has many subtle variations. Opinions are divided, and usage varies, between two main meanings, whose roots can be traced back to mid-late 1800's, although the full expression seems to have evolved in the 1900's. The full 'Who's Your daddy? expression is likely to have originated in USA underworld and street cultures. The main variations are:

I've looked/I'm looking after you, or taken/taking care of you, possibly in a sexually suggestive or sexually ironic way. This alludes to the 'sugar-daddy' term from late 19th century USA, which is based on the image of an older man giving (candy) reward in return for intimacy, either to a younger woman/mistress or younger gay male lover.
I've beaten you/I'm beating you, at something, and you are defenceless. This alludes to parental dominance and authority, and at its extreme, to intimacy with the victim's/opponent's mother.
The use of the expression as a straight insult, where the meaning is to question a person's parentage, is found, but this would not have been the origin, and is a more recent retrospectively applied meaning.

The sexual undertow and sordid nature of the expression has made this an appealing expression in the underworld, prison etc.

In much of the expression's common usage the meanings seem to converge, in which the hybrid 'feel' is one of (sexual) domination/control/intimacy in return for payment/material reward/safety/protection.

Daddy has many other slang uses which would have contributed to the dominant/paternalistic/authoritative/sexual-contract feel of the expression, for example:

the best/biggest/strongest one of anything (the daddy of them all)
a prostitute's pimp or boyfriend
a leading prisoner (through intimidation) at a borstal


http://www.businessballs.com/clichesorigins.htm

[kantonburg]

Where can I find the "Who's your daddy" chant to download?

I searched a bit but with no luck.

[namrfumot]

did anyone else hear the boston fans yelling "Whose Your Dealer?" to Sheffield? :lol:

[kantonburg]

Originally posted by namrufmot
did anyone else hear the boston fans yelling "Whose Your Dealer?" to Sheffield? :lol:

YES! I lost it :lol:

[POWERBOMB]

Somewhere in the South or in the ghetto......That be my guess.