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What were you made fun of for at school?

213 replies

OneUmberJoker · 07/09/2025 14:00

My big nose

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ItsFridayIminLoveJS · 07/09/2025 14:23

My huge boob's by the girls.
Loved by the boys lol.
( High school).

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 07/09/2025 14:25

Talking ‘posh’ - ie. BBC English. Being bright and working hard at school. Liking books.

And my surname was used to create a nasty nickname that was used to bully me throughout school. I was having suicidal thoughts by my mid teens.

SpiralSpiritSocks · 07/09/2025 14:25

Being well behaved.

For standing up for friend.

buffyfaithfredwesley · 07/09/2025 14:26

IdaGlossop · 07/09/2025 14:12

Red hair and glasses. Bad combo 😁

snap. Oh and my curls as they were “frizzy”
i look at my hair then and think WTF there was nothing wrong with it!

What were you made fun of for at school?
MiseryIn · 07/09/2025 14:27

My European parents. My nose.
Then having some hairs on my chin ☹️

GoldWhiteandBlue · 07/09/2025 14:27

For being posh and being 5 foot 3.

SerafinasGoose · 07/09/2025 14:28

buffyfaithfredwesley · 07/09/2025 14:26

snap. Oh and my curls as they were “frizzy”
i look at my hair then and think WTF there was nothing wrong with it!

I would kill for hair like that! (Mine has a less tight curl - more on the curlier side of wavy, and is not red).

I've never computed the 'ginger' thing. Most beautiful hair colour of all, IMO.

Needmorelego · 07/09/2025 14:30

Not really bullied but I was frequently called "weird".
I now know I am probably actually autistic.
(Daughter is diagnosed)

Devilsmommy · 07/09/2025 14:31

buffyfaithfredwesley · 07/09/2025 14:26

snap. Oh and my curls as they were “frizzy”
i look at my hair then and think WTF there was nothing wrong with it!

Your hair is gorgeous 😍

Lovelynames123 · 07/09/2025 14:31

Being posh. I'm not posh at all but have an underused 'posh' name, lived in the posh village rather than school town, and have barely any accent.

Funnily enough, loads of people from school live in the village, or aspire to, and I live in a rougher suburb of the nearest city😂

Onemorepage · 07/09/2025 14:33

Being too smart, I gave up working hard at school so I would be left alone, and
as a result left with barely any qualifications. Just wanted to get out of there.
Being unfashionable. We were poor and I didnt have any of the latest fashions or trends. Was called a tramp. Being skinny Being physically attacked if I tried to answer back which I always did, but made things worse. Secondary school days were some of the worst of my life.

Judgejudysno1fan · 07/09/2025 14:33

ilovepixie · 07/09/2025 14:13

Moved to London from Northern Ireland aged 8 in the late 1970’s, was bullied by my primary school teacher for having an accent, being called IRA girl and wasn’t allowed to go to the Horse of the year show with the rest of the class incase I shot the horses.

Bloody disgusting. I'm from Belfast too living in london

TreatTreat · 07/09/2025 14:33

BattenbergBollard · 07/09/2025 14:16

My surname! A well known brand of plastic container!

Tupperware?

EasySqueezy · 07/09/2025 14:33

Blinking a lot. And it was a teacher who mocked me. I’ve never forgotten the hate I felt for him.

Brightonrockkk · 07/09/2025 14:34

I dropped half my sandwhich on the floor during lunch break, and picked it up to go and put it in the bin. This was witnessed by a boy who gleefully told the whole year I ate random food from the floor. Horrible related nicknames followed throughout school. I used to retort in distress 'I was going to put it in the bin!' In hindsight I should have said nothing and appeared unbothered, people would have forgotten a lot quicker 😆

Waitingfordoggo · 07/09/2025 14:34

Having no tits. Only by the boys though, the girls all had their own hang ups and didn’t comment.

RandomMess · 07/09/2025 14:35

Pretty much everything tbh

SoftandQuiet · 07/09/2025 14:36

Being 'square', spotty, clever, but mostly, my Mum's behaviour.

dontcomeatme · 07/09/2025 14:37

Having dark skin in a 99.99% white school. I'm not black but mixed European. I was called every single derogatory name you can think of for a POC x

IdaGlossop · 07/09/2025 14:37

buffyfaithfredwesley · 07/09/2025 14:26

snap. Oh and my curls as they were “frizzy”
i look at my hair then and think WTF there was nothing wrong with it!

I looked at your hair and thought 'gorgeous'.

JustAboutMuddlingThrough · 07/09/2025 14:38

raininginlanzarote · 07/09/2025 14:09

My surname. My freckles.

some people are just bullies and they will find something to bully about.

Me too

CrosswordBlues · 07/09/2025 14:40

Being clever. In a school with an almost aggressive disdain for academic achievement, held by some staff as well as pupils, you’d better be very good with your fists if you are bright. So I learnt, and I learnt so well that when someone grabbed me on a street at night when I was in my early 30s, I broke his nose.

dontcomeatme · 07/09/2025 14:40

buffyfaithfredwesley · 07/09/2025 14:26

snap. Oh and my curls as they were “frizzy”
i look at my hair then and think WTF there was nothing wrong with it!

I would die for this hair! Gorgeous x

Dontcallmescarface · 07/09/2025 14:42

My user name says it all.

mondaytosunday · 07/09/2025 14:42

Being skinny (ironic now as spent much of my teens and adulthood overweight - maybe that’s why)?