I have neither the crayons nor the inclination to explain it to you.
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I saw one here the other day calling someone a soup fork. I've been using that for people who are completely useless.
I work with an older lady who hits people with "you're so pretty" when they do or ask something stupid and I love it.
I first saw this used by Hugh Hefner in some reality TV show with some of his bimbos in Venice. One of them said how cool it was to be where Al Capone was born and he responded with, "You're so pretty." Of course, she absolutely took the compliment at face value.
Lmao, it did took a while for me to register
βYour mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!β
What does this even mean
"Your mom is a hoe and your dad is an alcoholic."
Explanation
Hamsters have a lot of random sex and elderberries can be fermented into wine.
(You DO need Fr*nch accent to make this insult work tho)
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I can read it to you all day but unfortunately I cannot understand it for you.
The classic southern "Bless your heart"
Big fan of a slow disapproving head shake and a thumbs down. Especially in road rage situations (or any time I see a Cybertruck).
I only recently discovered the power of the thumbs down in the car. It is magical.
I have to thank the one and only James May for introducing me to βyou witless dishclothβ
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I bet you sit on the TV and watch the sofa.
I blame the alcohol, not what you drank tonight but what your mother drank while pregnant with you
Just respond to everything they say with "sorry, I'm not into Pokemon."
I can explain it to you, but I cannot understand it for you.
Theyβre a south-pointing compass (if they assert something, you know itβs wrong)
"If she was a spice, she would be flour" - Louise Belcher
You're about as smart as a bag of hammers.
As sharp as a bowling ball.
Or like Foghorn Leghorn said, βnice kid, but about as sharp as a sackful of wet mice!β
I love how you don't let facts influence your opinion.
It's really hard to underestimate you.
"Sorry, I already have a boyfriend/girlfriend."
Implying that everything they said or had done was to get your romantic attention.
It was trending a few years ago but never caught on fully.
Still good.
If all the village-idiots of all the villages in the world, would leave for a brand new village of village-idiots, you'd be their village-idiot.
If idiot does not count as "swear" tho...
You are the proud owner of not a single redeeming quality.
You look easy to draw
You look like you were painted by Picasso.
You make this world not worth saving.
I love this one from Coriolanus:
For you, be that you are, long, and your misery increase with your age!
A few beers short of a six pack
Chuckle and as you walk away, and under your breath but just loud enough to hear, say "eyebrows" in a way that sounds like you were amused and thinking about how it amused you. They will think about that for years, as I have been
Thereβs a great artist that sells stuff at our local ren-faire; I bought a fridge magnet that says βI saw thee, and thought my day unwell.β Itβs illuminated like an old manuscript and depicts a slim greyhound tossing his cookies.
The truth. The reason you'd want to insult them as a direct pointed criticism.
I would not make you the night manager at a place that closed in the evening. Also your mother's a huge slut.
"You look so generic I got a deja vu the first time we met."
I keep recycling this one but it's hard not to. I have so few good ideas!
- Have you been tending to your hounds? You smell like a wet dog!
- Is that fur growing out of your ears?
From my friend - You're the load your mom should have swallowed.
... Do the down votes prefer anal?
"You are not acting like the person Mr. Rogers knew you could be."
Guaranteed to slug the inner child of, at least, three or four generations. Might have diminishing returns at the extremes (brainwashed boomers and brainrot zoomers) but should still hit pretty hard on those who grew up watching Fred Rogers and are capable of some amount of introspection.
"you're the sharpest bulb in the chandelier" is my personal favorite
Thick as mince
Have the day you deserve!
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