• Today@lemmy.world
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    Dipshit. It’s my favorite insult. If you call a man an asshole or fucker, many take it as a sign of strength or say, 'i just tell it like it is." Dipshit is stupid and juvenile and naive and just perfectly describes so many people.

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    He’d peel an orange in his pocket

    He has two brains cells and they’re both fighting for third place

    He’s a face like he’s trying to eat an apple through a tennis racket

    The tide wouldn’t take her out

    Scarlet for your mam for having you

    Your arse is jealous of your mouth

    Snipers dream

    Spanner

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    In Australia, being a total bastard is a good thing, while being a bit of a bastard isn’t so good.

    Mad cunt = good. Shit cunt = bad, see image

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    “Bless (his/her/their/your) heart”

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      8 months ago

      That’s not an insult as the internet has decided. It can be used sarcastically, but in my experience as a southerner it is more often a compliment for doing something nice.

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          Context is king. Yes, anything can be said sarcastically. But when a child shares their candy with another child and 7 people are like “Aww bless his heart!!” It’s not fucking code. The fact that it’s usually used as a compliment is exactly what makes it so cutting as a sarcastic insult.

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        South Louisiana here. It can be used affectionately (seeing a sick child and saying Bless your heart) but I find it is more often used to point out someone’s lack of intelligence or bad behaviour (Karen is pitching an absolute fit in the checkout lane at Albertsons because she misread a price label…Bless her heart)

        Maybe you’re from a more polite area of the south, but where I am we are heavily into calling out morons.

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          That’s why it’s so insidious. When used correctly you can throw people off because they have to question, “is this person grateful or do they hate my guts?”

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    There are some southern or appalachian insults that I’m sure would confuse foreigners, even those who are functional in English.

    Comparisons like “He’s twelve ounces short of a pint”, backhanded compliments like “I just love how you don’t care what people think”, idioms like “three sheets to the wind”. And then of course there’s “rode hard and put up wet”.

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      There’s also “bless your heart”. Around here if someone tells you that, it is not a compliment.

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      Non native here: “three sheets to the wind” “rode hard and put up wet” are totally unknown and over my head.
      “He’s twelve ounces short of a pint” and “I just love how you don’t care what people think” I got them.

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        Rode hard and put up wet is a reference to horses. Riding a horse hard and then not taking care of them after the ride can cause them issue, physically and mentally. It is usually used to say someone is tired or generally not well. Others, my mother included, use it to mean she thinks a woman has had too much wild sex, usually with too many partners.

        Three sheets to the wind, means to be drunk. It is from nautical terms meaning the sails are not fastened.

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    “He don’t know shit from shinola.” [I’ve never asked what “shinola” is.] EDIT: Another one my Dad uses (Oklahoma born and bred): calling someone a “mudcat”.

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    Calling someone a Muppet. In NZ (and to a lesser degree, UK/Australia), it’s a common thing to call someone who’s being an idiot. Not sure why. I think as a nation we generally like the Muppets, but not someone who’s being a Muppet.

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    “Crayon eater”, this one is specific to members of the U.S. Marine Corps, it can be used affectionately, but it’s very context dependent.