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Long forgotten insults from my youth!

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MarklesMerkin · 19/08/2018 20:04

My brother and I can be quite childish when we're together and the other day during one of our childish moments I called him a 'tool', an insult I haven't used since I was in my teens! It got me thinking about other insults we used back then that we no longer say (or maybe teens still do and I just don't know it because I'm no longer a teen) - I recall 'wank stain' being one particular favourite Grin

Does anyone else have any old favourites they want to share? I think I've forgot most of the ones we used!

OP posts:
Crunchymum · 19/08/2018 21:46

Muggy bone head

Geekster1963 · 19/08/2018 21:47

I’m short and used to get called ‘half pint’, not heard that for years.

faceremovinghaircream · 19/08/2018 21:50

Knob jockey.

ClinkyMonkey · 19/08/2018 21:59

Ya hoor ye. 'Hoor' being 'whore'. This was directed at both males and females
Tube
Dipstick
Millie (am in NI and was used if a girl was seen as a bit rough - originates from female mill workers)

Biddlyboo · 19/08/2018 22:06

Did no one else use ‘Dime Bar’? As a generally lighthearted ‘stupid’ insult?
I loved that one

fairgame84 · 19/08/2018 22:08

Minger
Durbrain
Form
Dweeb
Remmy - have not heard anyone use that since the mid 90s
I know you are, you said you are so what am I? - acceptable retort to an insult
Big Wow - nice sarcastic reply

My brother still calls me a helmet. Nobody else uses that except him.

fairgame84 · 19/08/2018 22:08

Dork not form

user453678953 · 19/08/2018 22:11

We went on holiday to Crete when we were young and did a day trip to the island of Spinalonga, which is where people suffering from leprosy were sent. Our favourite insult after this was 'you spinner'! We still use it now in our fifties!

drspouse · 19/08/2018 22:18

Div and chinny reckon or Jimmy Hill, yep!
And dil/dilwin (though I think the latter was some made up connection to a boy of that name)

Babybearsporij · 19/08/2018 22:26

Div
Wazzock
Dillweed
Non PC but retard
Ooooh in your face
Mirrors / what you say is what you are
Don't touch what you can't afford
Talk to the hand (cause the face ain't listening)

elephantoverthehill · 19/08/2018 22:35

Similar to pp 'What you staring at?'
'Dunno, it's not got a label onit'

Do you like hospital food? And when smoking our Bennys, 'You got a match?' 'Yeah my arse, your face'.

Holidayshopping · 19/08/2018 22:36

Very un pc ones!

Div
Joey
Der brain
Spanner
Bender
Muppet
Space cadet
Loser
Numpty
Gaylord

Also-not insults, but popular sayings
Jimmy Hill/chinny reckon (you’re a liar)
Gutted/suss (ha ha-you deserved that!)
Faynights/Squitsies (ie you can’t get me, I’m
Safe!)
And ummmmmm, I’m gonna tell mum/dad/Miss-you’re gonna get done!

HotRocker · 19/08/2018 22:38

Dicksplash
Pranny
Slapper
Trog
Bumrash

hmmwhatatodo · 19/08/2018 22:42

I obviously haven’t grown up as I still use plenty of these!

FluffyMcCloud · 19/08/2018 23:11

Don’t be so eggy

elQuintoConyo · 19/08/2018 23:15

Lemon
Whelk
Moose (v ugly person Blush)
Dickhead/knobnash

And between me and my Dsis "you're SUCH a Heather" after the film!

Fatbelliedgirl · 19/08/2018 23:20

Moose (again another insult called out to me but by boys)

SoleBizzz · 20/08/2018 00:00

Runty bollox

CrossFlannelCherry · 20/08/2018 00:21

"Get knotted" was always a favourite of ours.

ShovingLeopard · 20/08/2018 00:36

I suspect HotRocker may be of similar vintage and geographical location to me, as her list is almost identical to what I was planning to post!

Ashamed to say I still use quite a few of the insults mentioned on here. Blush No doubt showing my age to all and sundry.

smashyourglasses · 20/08/2018 00:41

Goomer.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 20/08/2018 00:51

Up ya bum! (From Wish You Were Here)

Knobhead
Toblerone (said about arrogant people, as in if he were a Toblerone he would eat himself)
Jimmy Hill

LucyLastik · 20/08/2018 00:55

We used to say beard-os (for chinny reckon) whilst stroking an imaginary beard and pushing our tongue behind our bottom lip. Must've looked a right state!

AtSea1979 · 20/08/2018 01:06

Prozzie
Pleb
Plank
Mongrel

EmmashouldI · 20/08/2018 01:17

Div, Dinny, Is it cause I’m black?

Also this rhyme done with hand movements....

Whatever, double minger, get the picture a duh.