Going Kramer

OFFICIALLY COINED:
“Going Kramer” — named for the character Cosmo Kramer played on the TV sitcom Seinfeld by comedian Michael Richards. The term is commonly used to describe an incident of a white person verbally abusing a black person with racial epithets, suddenly and without provocation. For example: “I was about to go Kramer on those n*****s”, “Did you hear Mr. Hanley went Kramer at the Shop-n-Haul?” See also “Going postal“.

November 27th, 2006 at 10:06 pm
[…] “Aw, thanks, man… I’m besides myself…oh, jeeez… everybody dreams about this sort of thing happening to them, but you never, ever imagine… [sniffles]… I’m humbled, yeah…. that’s what I am, humbled. Bon voyage, ‘going Kramer‘, Godspeed and welcome to the American lexicon!” […]