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.
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
I am a native English speaker and had to Google "peel an orange in his pocket". It does not mean what I assumed.
You understood it? Are you Irish? I'm Murkin and I thought it meant running one out from his pocket or something.
Peel a banana in his pocket: Tight-fisted, cheap. Often the phrase is βpeel an orange in his pocket.β The idea is thatΒ someone is so cheap, he will peel a piece of fruit inside his pocket so no one will see it and ask for a bite. - Donβt Be a Muggins: Learn Some Irish Slang
It helped that numerous βheβs tight fistedβ type comments and insults had been made in the same conversation, before that was said.
No, not Irish.
"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.
They made booze from elderberries. The insult translates to "Your mother is a whore and your father is a drunk"
Ohhhh... TIL!
I've had elderflower liquor (St. Germain is very nice) but not elderberry.
In Australia, β40Β’ short of a shoutβ is unlikely to be understood by visitors.
Not all there in the head basically.
6 pack short of a carton
2 short of a dozen etc
"He's not all there" is the most basic version of this saying.
"He's got a few tools missing from the shed" is an aussie version too.
It means they went for a picnic and lo and behold, a smarter-than-average bear stole their pic-a-nic basket
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.
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.
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.
In Australia, being a total bastard is a good thing, while being a bit of a bastard isnβt so good.
Mad cunt = good. Shit cunt = bad, see image
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 donβt care what people think", idioms like "three sheets to the wind". And then of course there's "rode hard and put up wet".
There's also "bless your heart". Around here if someone tells you that, it is not a compliment.
And each modifier between "your" and "heart" increases the factor of how insulting they're trying to be by at least 2
Non native here: βthree sheets to the windβ βrode hard and put up wetβ are totally unknown and over my head.
βHeβs twelve ounces short of a pintβ and βI just love how you donβt care what people thinkβ I got them.
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.
On a ship, a sheet is a line made of rope, used to manipulate the angle of a sail, not a sail itself.
Correct, the sheets are trailing in the wind, meaning the sail is not tied down and it's flapping all over.
Non native here: it's a variation of "he got some screws loose" we even use it a version of it in spanish.
"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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Usually it's referring to being a downer at an event that's typically exciting. Like being at a party but complaining the whole time about their beer/music selection.
I have no idea how it started being used that way, but it's true, there's nothing fun about a wet blanket.
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.
I think the connotation is that a Muppet is controlled by someone else. Their every thought, word, and action is the intent of their handlers.
"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.
Non native here: (without going to the link) here in South America we sometimes call a person by "Juanito" or "Fulano" they are some sort of "Jhon Doe" names and the insult being "you're so irrelevant to me that I don't want to learn your name" or "who is this random person that came uninvited" is not common but some people still use it from time to time. Is akin of calling someone "furniture" (yeah that used as an insult in Argentina mostly). (going to the link) it make even less sense now....
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Shitist? Either that or "You have a February nose, so full of frost, of storm and cloudiness."
Non native here: "Shitist" Shit elitist? shithead? defecation goutmette?
βYou have a February nose, so full of frost, of storm and cloudiness.β Boogers?
The Shitist thing is Australian I believe. I'm pretty sure it's just "shittiest" or just now looking at urban dictionary "the most shit anything can be".
As for the other, I just looked up Shakespeare insults haha. Apparently it's "Your face looks cold and unpleasant, and you seem angry." According to the page I found it.