A rhetorical question, generally in the form of an insulting chant, accompanied by finger-pointing; meant as abuse to a single person or team performing in front of a crowd, by indicating that they are unknown and insignificant.
Abuse is aimed at two groups:
1) An unknown competitor, whose relative anonymity is highlighted even further.
2) Paradoxically, a well-known competitor whose high credibility and status is undermined in an act of defiance by pretending to regard the competitor as unknown or insignificant.
Abuse is aimed in two ways:
1) When the competitor is announced.
2) When the competitor is performing badly.
The phrase is often used in sport, particularly at football matches in the UK.
"Who are you?" is usually pronounced "Who are ya?!", with emphasis on the word "are".
1) Liverpool (big football club) v Grimsby (small football club):
Announcer : "On to the pitch comes...Grimsby"
Liverpool fans : "Who are ya?! Who are ya?! Who are ya?!..."
2) Leyton Orient (small football club) v Chelsea (big football club)
The Chelsea player, Didier Drogba, misses a clear chance of scoring a goal and falls over badly, clutching his knee in agony.
Leyton Orient fans : "Who are ya?! Who are ya?! Who are ya?!..."
129๐ 15๐
A term used by uneducated black people to express interest in what someone is going to do.
WHO YOU FINNA TRY WHO YOU FINNA TRY.
225๐ 417๐
An ebonics expression used to express the more commonly known American-English expression; what are you planning to do. Literally meaning who are you fixing to try. In "what are you planning to do" the "what" can be replaced with who, the "planning" can be replaced with fixing, and the "do" can be replaced with try.
Dayum nigga who you finna try? Bitch ain't need no 12 inch in dey ass.
Shutup bitch I be finna try all up in dat ass all I want to! Pimpslap you right 'cross da face with all dat phat black ass-lip!
Respect nigga 'fo' I finna try what I finna try!
119๐ 242๐
a rhetorical phrase that insinuates that the person who is being spoken to is either strange or a moron.
the person being spoken to with usualy reply with their full name but you're never actually looking for an answer, hence it being rhetorical.
52๐ 15๐
a question asked when concerned with/questioning/mad at something someone has said or done.
I went to spukies but i got a grilled chicked instead of a chicken finger plate. who IS you?!
109๐ 42๐
One of the band "The Who"'s last songs; also found as the theme song for CSI
"Have you ever heard the song 'Who Are You' by The Who?"
52๐ 19๐
Mall Monkey writer Keith Smith's catch phrase. He says it frequently due to the fact that he despises going to the mall on his own time.
"What's with that hat?"
"WHO ARE YOU?!"
13๐ 4๐