what does "your mother wears combat boots" mean?

Question

i never understood the insult - please explain

Answer 1

your mother wears army boots* is a US exclamatory -- at first, during WW2, very derisive, then jocularly derisive.: _your sister wears army shoes_, comments, 'like *your fadder's mustache*, (to which it was a frequent counter), usually spoken with a heavy Brooklyn accent, _your mother drives a tank_ or _eats K rations_ or _works in a dime store_ or _ah, yer mother wears cotton drawers_ (the _ah_ may precede the other forms also). 'All derisive, of course; there are many other variants'.
From _A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, Second Edition_ (1985) by Eric Partridge & Paul Beale

Answer 2

really has no meaning other than an insult, your mother wears combat boots, your mother dresses you funny... It is insulting to the person it is said to as well as their mother. Its like , well, if i cant make you mad by insulting you, I will get you mad by insulting your mother

Answer 3

Do you hear it often? I t has been a while since I heard that one, I think it was in reference to perhaps a femenist womens movement, and a bit later it would have described the punk rock moms out there, and today it might mean your mother is a dominant woman who likely serves in the military, or just likes to kick things. ;-)
So if someone tells you that your mom wears combatboots, you should just say thanks, I will tell her you noticed, have a nice day.

Answer 4

LOL- it means that your mom is manly I think. I never really thought it was much of an insult. Never made that much sense to me. Must be an older generation thing.

Answer 5

Its basicly just a mother joke. A put down if you will.

Answer 6

I never heard that expression before. I guess I must be old. I think it means she tough like a man or she's gay.

Answer 7

"your mother wears combat boots"...it means tht "your mother is frumpy or unfashionable" or sumthn lik tht....