In Australia, being a total bastard is a good thing, while being a bit of a bastard isn’t so good.
Mad cunt = good. Shit cunt = bad, see image
Wow, I’m a native speaker and this confuses me.
Dipshit. It’s my favorite insult. If you call a man an asshole or fucker, many take it as a sign of strength or say, 'i just tell it like it is." Dipshit is stupid and juvenile and naive and just perfectly describes so many people.
Oh, that’s why I like “dipshit” so much. Now I understand myself better, thanks!
Ya fucken mong
“Bless (his/her/their/your) heart”
That’s not an insult as the internet has decided. It can be used sarcastically, but in my experience as a southerner it is more often a compliment for doing something nice.
South Louisiana here. It can be used affectionately (seeing a sick child and saying Bless your heart) but I find it is more often used to point out someone’s lack of intelligence or bad behaviour (Karen is pitching an absolute fit in the checkout lane at Albertsons because she misread a price label…Bless her heart)
Maybe you’re from a more polite area of the south, but where I am we are heavily into calling out morons.
It’s used both ways, it’s just context dependent.
Same here. “Bless your heart” usually means thank you
You had a different childhood than mine. It was code for “they’re a moron”.
Context is king. Yes, anything can be said sarcastically. But when a child shares their candy with another child and 7 people are like “Aww bless his heart!!” It’s not fucking code. The fact that it’s usually used as a compliment is exactly what makes it so cutting as a sarcastic insult.
“You make a better door than a window.”
You’re being a wet blanket.
Non native here: never heard it, is implying an unpleasant feeling?
I have no idea how it started being used that way, but it’s true, there’s nothing fun about a wet blanket.
You’d use a wet blanket to smother a fire.
I suppose so, although a proper fire blanket would be even better.
He’d peel an orange in his pocket
He has two brains cells and they’re both fighting for third place
He’s a face like he’s trying to eat an apple through a tennis racket
The tide wouldn’t take her out
Scarlet for your mam for having you
Your arse is jealous of your mouth
Snipers dream
Spanner
I’ve never heard a single one of these
In Australia, “40¢ short of a shout” is unlikely to be understood by visitors.
In Scotland it’s “A couple of pieces short of a picnic”, a piece being a sandwich
Like his brain is not complete or something didn’t get it not sure.
“He’s not all there” is the most basic version of this saying.
“He’s got a few tools missing from the shed” is an aussie version too.
Not the brightest fork in the tool shed, are they?
Not the sharpest crayon in the bunch?
Non native didn’t get it… Sounds like a reference of a specific event.
Means they’re 2 bob short of a dollar
Somehow this doesn’t help… :)
Not all there in the head basically.
6 pack short of a carton
2 short of a dozen etc
2 fries short of a happy meal
None because i’m not racist.
Bless your heart
Language != Race
This person volunteered to be the one we can practice using this new knowledge on, bless their pure heart
