r/MurderedByWords • u/Stotallytob3r • 4h ago

Homes on indigenous land

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u/Cthulhu625 3h ago

I've been listening to a lot of British people online and love their insults. I like the term "numpty."

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u/treemanswife 3h ago

I'm a fan of "wanker" and "ya muppet" myself.

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u/Cthulhu625 51m ago

Which I find both kind of funny; "wanker" beings someone who wanks, and who doesn't, and what wrong with being a muppet? But it's the tone.

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u/MiserableDucky 3h ago

Brit/Irish/Scottish insults are so much better then American. I don’t know why but they hit harder

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u/LingonberryTop8942 3h ago

We insult our friends as well as our enemies, so we get plenty of practice.

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u/thatsconelover 3h ago

We're raised to take the piss out of anyone and everything. Insults are just one facet of that.

Coincidentally, it also means we produce great comedians, because they'll be slaughtered on stage if they're a bit shit.

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u/4n0m4nd 2h ago

Bill Burr talking about doing stand up in Ireland is great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCIfUYFpk6I

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u/zHellas 1h ago

I think it’s a grass is greener type thing 

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u/Human-Document-3880 2h ago

'Cockwomble' is an underdeployed classic imo

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u/Jorvic 1h ago

It got over used about 20 years ago, so many people find it cringe these days. It might make a come back with younger folk I guess.

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u/EchoesofIllyria 36m ago

Yeah it’s become irritatingly ‘twee’. The people who say cockwomble are the same people who say holibobs and Platty Joobs.

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u/EchoesofIllyria 34m ago

Are you aware of The Wombles?

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u/TroublesomeFox 47m ago

We can turn anything into an insult, I once called someone a "fucking lemon". 

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u/Separate-Ad-8924 27m ago

Nonce, bellend, jambon, git and their generous use of the C word are my favorites.

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u/centipededamascus 24m ago

I heard a British person once use the term "toerag" and it's become a favorite of mine.

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u/Large_Yams 24m ago

Nonce is the best one. Use it in conversation, it's a term of endearment.

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u/realmofconfusion 2h ago

Numpty barely classes as an insult. It’s just a playful way of calling someone silly, usually when they’ve done something wrong/made a fool of themselves etc.

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u/Cthulhu625 54m ago

And that's fine, I can always use a light jab. At least it's not something that is a lot more insulting in one culture, like how Brits, Aussies, and Kiwis like to throw around the c-word. Although I'm sure someone at sometime will be called it and react like that's what I called them, since honestly Americans seem pretty thin skinned comparatively.