vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square135fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoTriangeljosti. 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.
minus-squareSchlemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m wheezing. Never heard it before but the image is livid in my head.
minus-squareVashti@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThis reminds me of the not-very-edifying-at-all moment when “joey” became a universal term of abuse in UK playgrounds.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNever heard that one being used, though.
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not super common but I do hear it on occasion.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI 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).
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWell, 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.
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.
I’m wheezing. Never heard it before but the image is livid in my head.
That’s so specific. lmao
This reminds me of the not-very-edifying-at-all moment when “joey” became a universal term of abuse in UK playgrounds.
Never heard that one being used, though.
It’s not super common but I do hear it on occasion.
That just sounds like ableism
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).
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.