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Do you say left handed or back handed

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LeftOrBack · 25/07/2024 11:58

for compliments that are really insults?

YABU - back handed compliment
YANBU - left handed

Left handed sounds right to me.

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berksandbeyond · 25/07/2024 12:04

It’s back handed.

offensive against left handed people otherwise

Zimunya · 25/07/2024 12:03

As @Comefromaway states, it is "back-handed" - indicating a level of deviousness. But interesting to see that "left-handed" exists in the same realm. I had never heard of that until this post!

Funkyslippers · 25/07/2024 12:03

LeftOrBack · 25/07/2024 11:58

for compliments that are really insults?

YABU - back handed compliment
YANBU - left handed

Left handed sounds right to me.

Back handed

Left handed sounds right to you because it's already a saying to describe someone who is left handed

BackOfAsda · 25/07/2024 12:03

Back handed

Left handed means cack handed (both are outdated)

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LeftOrBack · 25/07/2024 12:03

It literally is a saying! I’ve heard people use back handed too though.

Do you say left handed or back handed
OP posts:
CelesteCunningham · 25/07/2024 12:03

Back handed.

Using left handed in that sense sounds like an insult to left handed people.

Sparklfairy · 25/07/2024 12:02

zzar45 · 25/07/2024 12:01

Left handed sounds right to me.

How can it sound right when it’s literally not a saying?

I've googled it and apparently it is! I've never heard it though.

huuskymam · 25/07/2024 12:02

Backhanded. Left handed is someone who writes with their left hand, as I do. Never heard it used for anything else.

zzar45 · 25/07/2024 12:01

Left handed sounds right to me.

How can it sound right when it’s literally not a saying?

WhatNoRaisins · 25/07/2024 12:01

I've only ever heard backhanded. I'd only use left handed to describe a left-handed person or an object designed for them like left-handed scissors.

BaronessBomburst · 25/07/2024 12:00

Back-handed.
It's got nothing to do with being left-handed.

Comefromaway · 25/07/2024 11:59

Back handed eg with your hand behind your back indicating a level of deviousness.

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