What in interesting use of free will
Among everybody here, you have the most potential to learn something.
I’ve been told that a few times…
I don’t have one in English, but I have some in German for those who understand.
My Granddad had a female coworker that was higher in rank than him. He would always greet her with “Meine Allerwerteste”. It’s a word play because “Meine Werteste” is equivalent to a very formal version of “my dear”. “Aller” is a superlative form, so basically “My very dearest”. But “Mein Allerwertester” (so the male form of what he used) means “my ass”.
The other one is to use terminology like “Er versucht immer sein Bestes zu geben” (“He always tries to give his best”). In Austria, you are legally allowed to ask for a work testimony from your employer when you are looking for a new job. There is some legislation that prohibits negative speech in these work testimonies so that your employer cannot make you look bad in front of your potential new employer (which makes the whole concept pretty useless, but it is what it is). So to get around that, employers adopted a kind of “secret” code where e.g. “tries to” means “fails to”. So you can use the same kind of terminology to deliver something that sounds like a compliment, but for everyone in the know (which is most people by now) it’s clear that you deeply offended the person you are talking about.
You can’t be underestimated
I fucked your cousin
😀😀😀…😠
Many of these rely on big words, or are actually pretty obviously insults even if you don’t understand.
The real gems are the ones that read like simple english compliments, unless you spend actual effort looking for the insult.
Bless your heart
During my short tenure in the American South I thought women of all ages were in to me because they’d often say, ‘Bless your heart!’ and call me ‘Honey’.
Turns out I should have kept my head down. Don’t be fooled by Southern Hospitality.
Honestly, if someone hadn’t let me in on the secret, I probably still wouldn’t have figured it out. Three thoughts later? This one could take you anywhere from three days to three years to figure out.
Hey!
That one’s about me!
;D
(took a thought an a half.)
I don’t get it…
big words
or are actually pretty obviously insults even if you don’t understand.
Meaning you don’t understand the obvious insults.
Well aren’t you a smart cookie!
Both answers to @[email protected] seem to imply there’s a hidden insult in their comment, but I can’t find it. I’m the dumb cookie and I don’t like that
What you lack in evidence or convincing argument, you make up with conviction.
That’s the trick. End with the part that sounds nice
Wisdom has been chasing you, but you are faster!!
You cured my impostor syndrome, thank you.
I would agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong.
Colbert at Bush’s correspondence dinner:
The greatest thing about about this man is that he’s steady, you know where he stands. He believes the same thing on Wednesday that he did on Monday… no matter what happened on Tuesday.
A burn so severe, so long-lasting, that he no longer has to pay to heat his home.
Every moment I spend with you is better than the next.
Bravo, that one took the most thought to figure out it was backhanded.
Really got me till the third thought xd
You’re so vain, I bet you think this meme is about you.
I can’t imagine a better day than one spent after your company.
