What is "backtalk"

also back-talk, "impertinent retort," 1858, originally often used in literary attempts at low Irish idiom, from back (adj.) + talk (n.).

n. (context US English) verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response. vb. To respond in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or outright insolent manner.

n. an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: sass, sassing, back talk, lip, mouth]

Backtalk is a colt of 2007, sired by Smarty Jones, who in 2004 lost his bid for the Triple Crown when he ran second to Birdstone. Backtalk is out of the mare Apasionata Sonata, a daughter of Triple Crown winner Affirmed. He is a multiple stakes winner out of his sire and is considered a contender for the Triple Crown. He has thus far won the Bashford Manor Stakes, the Sanford Stakes and the Sportsman's Paradise Stakes, the latter in 2010, en route to the Kentucky Derby.