(plural, plural-only, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, usually, with-definite-article) A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.
[…] black communities, this “snap” or example of the “dozens” (the clever form of insult also known as signifying and dissin') appears: “Your father's so black that when he falls down, people hop over him for fear of falling in.” 2013, Lewis R. Gordon, Existentia Africana: Understanding Africana Existential Thought, page 34: