Trash talk
In sports, trash-talk most commonly comes in the form of insults to an opposing player's playing ability or physical appearance which is ethically not acceptable.
In 1963, Ali even released a popular full-length record album consisting largely of trash-talk poetry.
[6] However, in amateur sports ranks, trash-talking is generally frowned upon as unsportsmanlike conduct (especially in youth leagues).
The quality of performance of players under the pressure of trash-talk is debated, but one study found that participants who were subject to a trash-talk message exerted more effort in completing their task and perceived their opponent with more incivility and rivalry when compared to participants who were subject to a neutral, irrelevant, or no message at all.
It refers to inflammatory comments made by a person or team in order to insult, anger, annoy or be boisterous toward their opponents.
[13] Although it began as a term used by sports fans and athletes, it has spread to all areas of culture where competition takes place.
To set a social context or to comply with MMOG end user license agreement[16] restrictions, MMOG groups may establish bylaws, traditions, or rules (formal or informal) that either permit, discourage, or prohibit the use of smack talk in their conversations and postings.
[18] This is a term that has been coined more recently and is used in reference when someone talks negatively about another person, concept, organisation, or entity.
"[19] (Schweitzer, Maurice) It is not to be confused with shitposting, which is when someone posts "content aggressively, ironically, and trollishly poor quality"[20] to an online forum.
In sports, trash talking is often seen as unsportsmanlike, as throwing insults at opposing players goes beyond the limits and conventions of the game.
One of the earliest references can be found in Dobie Gray's hit song from 1965, "The 'In' Crowd," in which the third verse describes members "spendin' cash, talkin' trash" as part of the depiction of a desirable group membership.
