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Best insult you have given or received?

118 replies

NoEffingWay · 26/03/2021 22:47

I was once walking down the road, and some mysterious person shouted out of a window 'you've got too many highlights' --it was the mid 2000's and they were right'

I am the queen of going home after someone has been a cockwomble and coming out with killer lines 3-4hours later. Grin

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MadMadMadamMim · 27/03/2021 01:53

Someone once said to me, I had a dress like that. When they were in fashion.

😊 I'm not very trendy.

Lofari · 27/03/2021 02:20

So's your face.....
Can't beat it.
You're fat.....so's your face.
You're ugly... ..so's your face.

The Eastenders one had me howling Smile

SD1978 · 27/03/2021 02:23

If I wanted to commit suicide I'd jump from your ego to your IQ

SD1978 · 27/03/2021 02:23

If we were the last two people on earth I'd sleep with you, but only from behind and with a bit of spew in my mouth......

Themadcatparade · 27/03/2021 02:30

Being heckled by young lads ‘oi you fancy a shag?’

“Why don’t you back later when you’ve actually grown some balls so I can reject you again?!”

Longdistance · 27/03/2021 03:27

I would walk on broken glass to be with you.
You’re like a palm tree in a desert.
My quote on people who have had lots of plastic surgery ‘I’ve seen less plastic on Lego’.

happylittlevegemites · 27/03/2021 07:37

@littleloopylou

An ex with whom I went to law school (and who treated me quite badly) quickly fled private practice, presumably unable to hack it at his fancy firm. We ended up eating dinner together under some odd circumstances, me with a very hot guy as my date.

Ex said something about job. I said "i was always surprised that you went into private practice given your personality." He said "thanks," then blanched as he realised it was an insult.

I'm not sure the subtlety of it comes through, but I'm normally not mean at all, so this is the only thing that came to mind Smile

Best insult ever!!!
Rainbowandscarlett · 27/03/2021 08:04

I wouldn’t sleep with him,even with someone else’s vagina

My daughter talking about some fella she knew

Same daughter when her boyfriend told her that periods where ‘disgusting’

Well I bet your mother was praying for hers,but got you instead!

Lollyneenah · 27/03/2021 08:13

Over heard from a very well to do lady - "he is a limp handshake personified"

shrumps · 27/03/2021 08:17

I was called an 'unwomanly-like ogre' once Grin

tatasa · 27/03/2021 08:53

Colleagues wife: I love what you're wearing.
Me: ah thank you.
CW: you never know, if you keep it long enough it might come back into fashion!

IEat · 27/03/2021 09:15

Told by a friend once that I looked quite pretty when I looked down

Adultingin2021 · 27/03/2021 09:27

I was being quite badly bullied in my teens over my acne by another girl at school.

She was heckling me in the corridor calling me pizza face (very original) so I turned around and said to her 'Luckily I can get cream that will help my acne but last time I checked there was no magic cream to cure your ugliness'.

I was only 15 at the time so maybe not the most witty insult but it did stop her hassling me!

Nuffalready · 27/03/2021 09:37

Told by late teen/ Uni age visitor daughter of patient I was looking after while working on a hospital ward.... "me and mum were just waiting over there and I just looked at you and thought you must have really pretty.....when you were young!"
Must have been about 32 then Confused

Chocolategirl79 · 27/03/2021 09:51

When asking how old my children were, a colleague commented 'gosh you started late!' Took me a minute!

I also had another colleague who commented on what I was wearing (brown tights and boots, moss green skirt and jumper) saying that I reminded him of his daughter - who had gone to nursery for a nature day dressed as a caterpillar! Hmmmm!!

trappedsincesundaymorn · 27/03/2021 09:53

I usually reply " if you're trying to insult me then please try harder...I've been called worse things by better people, now try again".

isseys4xmastinselcats · 27/03/2021 10:47

in a nightclub me 5ft 6 this guy dancing in front of me 5ft 3 not good looking he goes, his mate comes over says my mate fancies you i replied tell your mate i like my men under 30 over 6ft tall and with all their own teeth,

on the other side bought matching black and white striped top and trousers thought i looked great till a guy in a club said you look like a stick of Blackpool rock never wore that outfit again

Penguin81 · 27/03/2021 11:02

'you're not even good enough to be a prostitute..look at the state of you' was pretty harsh!

requitalissima · 27/03/2021 11:47

@isseys4xmastinselcats
Do come again?Hmm
If this is the worst insult you've received, you've got off very lightly indeed.

FoonySpucker · 27/03/2021 12:44

@MadMadMadamMim

Someone once said to me, I had a dress like that. When they were in fashion.

😊 I'm not very trendy.

I used to have a dress like that. Didn't suit me either.
DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 27/03/2021 14:18

Chatting to a gay friend about desirability, he remarked there wasn't enough money in the world to make him want me. So I responded with "I'd want change from a fiver".

LaBellina · 27/03/2021 14:20

“You would be a whore if only someone was willing to pay you for sex”

Insult made up by a friend of mine, I know it’s misogynistic as can be, but I was quite impressed with it at that time.

Alpenguin · 27/03/2021 14:30

My favourite insult is a bit tame compared to some of these but “ya wetwipe” is so perfect for many occasions...

BoneyEm1972 · 27/03/2021 14:37

Someone that I trade joke insults with looked at my slender dog then looked at unslender me and said “ well she clearly eats your leftovers”
One and only time I couldn’t think of a comeback Smile

ancientgran · 27/03/2021 14:43

A man was annoyed that he couldn't overtake me or force me to drive faster than the speed limit. We ended up at some traffic lights where he was next to me, he was screaming and shouting and waving his arms round. The woman next to him looked mortified.

I started to laugh, he looked so ridiculous. I then held my hands about 10" apart looked at him and gradually reduced the gap to about 2".. His red face turned purple I couldn't stop laughing but I was a bit worried he was going to have a heart attack. His companion was trying not to laugh and ended up covering her face.

I'm not normally rude to people but I really enjoyed that. I'd obviously been right about his sense of inadequacy.

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