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The earliest such example I have (thanks to my brother Glen) is "F--- tha Police" by N.W.A., from 1988: "I'ma kick your ass." There's also House of Pain's "I'm a Swing It" from 1994, with the line "Ya dis me and I'm a dis ya back / I'm a swing it." Imma continued to be used in more and more songs, though not in hit singles. More @Wikipedia
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- What exactly is "I'mma?" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThe earliest such example I have (thanks to my brother Glen) is "F--- tha Police" by N.W.A., from 1988: "I'ma kick your ass." There's also House of Pain's "I'm a Swing It" from 1994, with the line "Ya dis me and I'm a dis ya back / I'm a swing it." Imma continued to be used in more and more songs, though not in hit singles.
- What is this idiom: "I'm going to start taking names and..."?kick ass {or (euphem[istically]} butt or tail} 1. Esp. Esp. Mil[itary] to enforce one's authority or otherwise enforce oneself mercilessly or pugnaciously; (also) (prob. the orig. sense) to subdue others by beatings; (hence) to play the bully; in phr. kick ass and take names to do so with great determination or success.—also used fig.—usu ...
- expressions - Alternatives to "kick your a**" - English Language ...Some friends suggested kick your bacon (but I am not sure if this means the same thing). I thought about using butt but this is another word I would like not to use. Can I be classy and have the same impact at the same time? Or at least not be that vulgar? The context I am using the expression is . I am gonna kick your ass out of the bed.
- What is a nice way to say "kicking ass"? [duplicate]Often in a professional setting, I want to say "X has really been kicking ass (and taking names!)" Sometimes I say "kicking butt" but it doesn't have quite the same emphasis. I don't want to say ass as I don't think its polite in some contexts. What is a equivalent expression that is polite yet just as encouraging?
- american english - Polite, non-profane equivalent to ‘kick a* ...'Kick Ass 103' would work as well. But 'Trounce 103' or 'Dominate 103' , to take two good suggestions below, would, in my opinion, leave a reader rather puzzled as to what I was trying to say - about the only thing those two evoke are edgy website user names.
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