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Unfortunately the best insults are universally going to be ones that do not need to be looked up. Bonus points if you can insult someone without swearing, i.e.

by dijit 2y ago

Unfortunately the best insults are universally going to be ones that do not need to be looked up. Bonus points if you can insult someone without swearing, i.e. “you exhibit all the virtues and characteristics of dipping your toes into wet cabbage”.

lethologica 2y ago
Agreed. My newest favourite one is “You’re inconvenient to be around”
- dijit 2y ago
  That is excellent. I will have to remember that one!
- sokoloff 2y ago
  “Wisdom has chased you, but you’ve always been faster…”
- latentsea 2y ago
  In my case, I think this actually just true, so it's not so much an insult as it is a general description haha.
- delichon 2y ago
  It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here https://www.amazon.com/Would-Nice-You-Werent-Here/dp/0688088732/ https://www.amazon.com/Would-Nice-You-Werent-Here/dp/0688088...
lelanthran 2y ago
"You are exactly as smart as I expected" "If you practice, very very hard, for many many months, and do a lot of work, you might end up being merely mediocre"[*] [*] Paraphrasing someone famous, I forget who.
- arrowsmith 2y ago
  "Mediocrity is something you'd have to aspire you." (Said to a couple:) "Neither of you could do better."
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Aeolun 2y ago
To be fair, things like ‘loblolly’ just don’t really need an exact definition to know that it’s insulting.
bigstrat2003 2y ago
I think my favorite insult of the latter variety is from As You Like It: "I do desire we may be better strangers."
dspillett 2y ago
> Bonus points if you can insult someone without swearing Back in school (for me this is a _long_ time ago) there was a pupil who considered herself "all that" and let everyone know whenever possible. Our Spanish teacher once told her she "looked particularly bovine this morning" which she took as a complement… (in fairness to her, a chunk of the rest of the room didn't get it immediately either).
cafard 2y ago
Barbara Tuchman credited Thomas Reed with "That man never opens his mouth without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."

by dijit 2y ago

lethologica 2y ago

Agreed. My newest favourite one is “You’re inconvenient to be around”

dijit 2y ago
That is excellent. I will have to remember that one!
sokoloff 2y ago
“Wisdom has chased you, but you’ve always been faster…”
latentsea 2y ago
In my case, I think this actually just true, so it's not so much an insult as it is a general description haha.
delichon 2y ago
It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here https://www.amazon.com/Would-Nice-You-Werent-Here/dp/0688088732/ https://www.amazon.com/Would-Nice-You-Werent-Here/dp/0688088...

lelanthran 2y ago

"You are exactly as smart as I expected" "If you practice, very very hard, for many many months, and do a lot of work, you might end up being merely mediocre"[*] [*] Paraphrasing someone famous, I forget who.

arrowsmith 2y ago
"Mediocrity is something you'd have to aspire you." (Said to a couple:) "Neither of you could do better."

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Aeolun 2y ago

To be fair, things like ‘loblolly’ just don’t really need an exact definition to know that it’s insulting.

bigstrat2003 2y ago

I think my favorite insult of the latter variety is from As You Like It: "I do desire we may be better strangers."

dspillett 2y ago

> Bonus points if you can insult someone without swearing Back in school (for me this is a _long_ time ago) there was a pupil who considered herself "all that" and let everyone know whenever possible. Our Spanish teacher once told her she "looked particularly bovine this morning" which she took as a complement… (in fairness to her, a chunk of the rest of the room didn't get it immediately either).

cafard 2y ago

Barbara Tuchman credited Thomas Reed with "That man never opens his mouth without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."