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What is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?

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“Me cago en tus muertos” - ill shit all over your dead relatives. Spanish.

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BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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Triangeljosti.

The Jostiband is a Dutch orchestra for people with a developmental disability, mainly people with down syndrome.

A [triangle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_(musical_instrument\)) , or triangel in Dutch, is possibly the simplest instrument you can think of.

So calling someone a ‘triangeljosti’ is basically comparing them to someone who plays the simplest possible instrument in a band for developmentally disabled people.

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edric@lemm.ee
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That’s so specific. lmao

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Schlemmy@lemmy.ml
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I’m wheezing. Never heard it before but the image is livid in my head.

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Vashti@feddit.uk
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This reminds me of the not-very-edifying-at-all moment when “joey” became a universal term of abuse in UK playgrounds.

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Iron Lynx@lemmy.world
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Huh, that’s a rare one.

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Akasazh@feddit.nl
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Never heard that one being used, though.

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BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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It’s not super common but I do hear it on occasion.

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luna@kbin.social
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That just sounds like ableism

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BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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Well, yeah, it’s an insult so it’s not exactly meant to be flattering for either the insulted party or the person they are being compared to.

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Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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I mean, OP asked for insults. You should be prepared to see some you don’t like (which is the point of an insult after all).

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s20@lemmy.ml
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It absolutely is. Many insults are.

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vis4valentine@lemmy.mlOP
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As an autistic I aprove, if you arent saying this to a ND or mentally disabled person.

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CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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I mean if any intelligence-based insult is, this one certainly is. The thing is it is better to be smart than not, so trying to shut those all down is probably a fool’s errand.

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