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[–] [email protected] 75 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Oh, that's why I like "dipshit" so much. Now I understand myself better, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I am a native English speaker and had to Google "peel an orange in his pocket". It does not mean what I assumed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Non native speaker here and is the only of the 2 I didn't get. Spanner is the other one.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Spanner is British/Irish means idiot or tool. See also muppet.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard a single one of these

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[–] xmunk 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Your father smells of elderberries.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

"Your mother was a hamster!" is pretty self-explanatory though.

But elderberries smell rather nice. Or at least the last elderberry jam I had was quite lovely. So that certainly makes for a confusing insult.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago (3 children)

They made booze from elderberries. The insult translates to "Your mother is a whore and your father is a drunk"

[–] xmunk 9 points 11 months ago

Good booze, in fact... I've had an elderberry wine and it was awesome

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Non native here: I even saw the movie.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (9 children)

In Australia, β€œ40Β’ short of a shout” is unlikely to be understood by visitors.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Even as an Aussie I haven't heard that one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Non native didn't get it... Sounds like a reference of a specific event.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Means they're 2 bob short of a dollar

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Somehow this doesn't help... :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not all there in the head basically.

6 pack short of a carton

2 short of a dozen etc

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

2 fries short of a happy meal

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Bless (his/her/their/your) heart"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You had a different childhood than mine. It was code for "they're a moron".

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

It’s used both ways, it’s just context dependent.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

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".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He’s got a couple of roos loose in the top paddock

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

May your chickens turn to emus and kick your dunny door down

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

"You make a better door than a window."

[–] verity_kindle 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

"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".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’ve never asked what β€œshinola” is

Let me clarify that for you.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (5 children)

You're being a wet blanket.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (4 children)

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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[–] TheOSINTguy 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does your face hurt? Because my eyes hurt.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Non-native. I got this one.

[–] verity_kindle 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

He’d be a great snipe hunter.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Ya fucken mong

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Shitist? Either that or "You have a February nose, so full of frost, of storm and cloudiness."

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