Just a list of the most brutal and inventive insults from around the world
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Obviously the most brutal ever Swedish way of disparaging someone's intellect is… "the wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead." And, as it happens, that's also the title of my last book, which contains many more insults like the ones in this thread (link in alt text and bio) pic.twitter.com/gbvE2WAtt3
— Adam Sharp (@AdamCSharp) April 30, 2025
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And speaking of Swedish, the most specific threat I’ve ever heard was when two Swedish people were playing a video game and one said to the other jag ska slå dig över örat med en gräddfilsdoppad sked! It means “I’m going to hit you over the ear with a spoon dipped in sour cream!”
— Adam Sharp (@AdamCSharp) April 30, 2025
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I just learnt an especially savage German insult, which is Ihr Stammbaum ist ein Kreis. It means “Your family tree is a circle”
— Adam Sharp (@AdamCSharp) April 30, 2025
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In honour of the French side of my family, I'll again say that one of the best French insults that I've ever heard is t'es une pomme de terre avec le visage d'un cochon d'inde. It means “you are a potato with the face of a guinea pig”
— Adam Sharp (@AdamCSharp) April 30, 2025
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And the most colourful “yo momma” jibe that I’ve ever come across in French is ta mère est tellement petite que sa tête pue des pieds. It means “your mother is so small, her head smells of feet”
— Adam Sharp (@AdamCSharp) April 30, 2025
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And no thread of put-downs would be complete without mentioning this hall-of-famer from @WolfVanHalen pic.twitter.com/wCsEwaFUnv
— Adam Sharp (@AdamCSharp) April 30, 2025
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“Visibly homeschooled” also belongs in the devastating insults hall of fame… pic.twitter.com/x4UpTdMcD9
— Adam Sharp (@AdamCSharp) April 30, 2025
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Another one from the Hall of Fame… pic.twitter.com/4fZS9aQ0jt
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I don’t recall the original wording but “every year on your birthday your mother and father go to the zoo to throw rocks at the stork” is an all timer for me (Czech or Slovak I think?)
— sadie poppet, mechanical violatrix (@MelancholyFlppr) April 30, 2025
“Toen je jouw wijsvinger had gebroken kon je zeker weken niet meer lezen.”
“I bet you couldn’t read for weeks after you’d broken that index finger.”
— Ｅｕｒｏｚｙｔｈｏｐｉａ F|rank G|eeraers (@bartlebeer) April 29, 2025
its not from my region/dialect of Spanish but "que te folle un pez" (i hope you get fucked by a fish) is my fave. then there's variations of "me cago en" (i shit on…). also "triple hijueputa" (triple s.o.b.) and "la re-puta que te parió" (the rewhoring of your mother)
— lucy rey baird ⛅️ (@ravenswxng) April 30, 2025
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27 of the all-time funniest and most inventive insults – without a swear word in sight!
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