Can you explain this one please? (2024)

petepete on Aug 15, 2017 | next [–]

Basically it means "your dad sells Avon". Avon is a cosmetics brand distributed by an army of (usually female) representatives.

Suggesting that someone's father has such a non-masculine job as delivering nail polish is so childish and stupid that it's funny.

moron4hire on Aug 15, 2017 | prev [–]

I found a video on YouTube when I googled for it, that was kind of hom*ophobic. Let's just say "Da" is short for "Dad".

lin_lin on Aug 16, 2017 | parent | next [–]

> Let's just say "Da" is short for "Dad".

Wait, would you really not cop that right away?

moron4hire on Aug 17, 2017 | root | parent | next [–]

"Da" is not common in the US. If I saw it on its own, I would almost certainly assume it was the Russian word for "yes" before I drew connection to "Dad". Most people still say "Dad" without dropping the ending, or "Pa" if they were raised by heathens.

Also, when I first saw the image, I read it as "Yerda", which I assumed to be something like a female given name of some sort of Scandivanian origin.

petepete on Aug 15, 2017 | parent | prev [–]

I don't think it's hom*ophobic but it's definitely sexist.

ThePadawan on Aug 15, 2017 | root | parent [–]

I'm only sort-of aware of the background on this one, so bear with me:

Avon is a brand of cosmetics being sold door-to-door, so it became a favorite of many transvestites in the UK, many becoming Avon salespeople themselves.

So "Yer da sells Avon" could also be meant to imply "your dad is a transvestite".