• Railison@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    In Australia, being a total bastard is a good thing, while being a bit of a bastard isn’t so good.

    Mad cunt = good. Shit cunt = bad, see image

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    “Crayon eater”, this one is specific to members of the U.S. Marine Corps, it can be used affectionately, but it’s very context dependent.

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      Non native here: (without going to the link) here in South America we sometimes call a person by “Juanito” or “Fulano” they are some sort of “Jhon Doe” names and the insult being “you’re so irrelevant to me that I don’t want to learn your name” or “who is this random person that came uninvited” is not common but some people still use it from time to time. Is akin of calling someone “furniture” (yeah that used as an insult in Argentina mostly). (going to the link) it make even less sense now…

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    8 months ago

    There are some southern or appalachian insults that I’m sure would confuse foreigners, even those who are functional in English.

    Comparisons like “He’s twelve ounces short of a pint”, backhanded compliments like “I just love how you don’t care what people think”, idioms like “three sheets to the wind”. And then of course there’s “rode hard and put up wet”.

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      Non native here: “three sheets to the wind” “rode hard and put up wet” are totally unknown and over my head.
      “He’s twelve ounces short of a pint” and “I just love how you don’t care what people think” I got them.

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        Rode hard and put up wet is a reference to horses. Riding a horse hard and then not taking care of them after the ride can cause them issue, physically and mentally. It is usually used to say someone is tired or generally not well. Others, my mother included, use it to mean she thinks a woman has had too much wild sex, usually with too many partners.

        Three sheets to the wind, means to be drunk. It is from nautical terms meaning the sails are not fastened.

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      8 months ago

      There’s also “bless your heart”. Around here if someone tells you that, it is not a compliment.

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        And each modifier between “your” and “heart” increases the factor of how insulting they’re trying to be by at least 2

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    He’d peel an orange in his pocket

    He has two brains cells and they’re both fighting for third place

    He’s a face like he’s trying to eat an apple through a tennis racket

    The tide wouldn’t take her out

    Scarlet for your mam for having you

    Your arse is jealous of your mouth

    Snipers dream

    Spanner

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    Calling someone a Muppet. In NZ (and to a lesser degree, UK/Australia), it’s a common thing to call someone who’s being an idiot. Not sure why. I think as a nation we generally like the Muppets, but not someone who’s being a Muppet.

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      That’s not an insult as the internet has decided. It can be used sarcastically, but in my experience as a southerner it is more often a compliment for doing something nice.

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          That’s why it’s so insidious. When used correctly you can throw people off because they have to question, “is this person grateful or do they hate my guts?”

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        South Louisiana here. It can be used affectionately (seeing a sick child and saying Bless your heart) but I find it is more often used to point out someone’s lack of intelligence or bad behaviour (Karen is pitching an absolute fit in the checkout lane at Albertsons because she misread a price label…Bless her heart)

        Maybe you’re from a more polite area of the south, but where I am we are heavily into calling out morons.

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    “He don’t know shit from shinola.” [I’ve never asked what “shinola” is.] EDIT: Another one my Dad uses (Oklahoma born and bred): calling someone a “mudcat”.