Insult
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| - | An '''insult''' is a [[statement]] or [[action (philosophy)|action]] which [[affront|affronts]] or [[demean|demeans]] someone. | + | An '''insult''' is an [[utterance|expression]], statement (or sometimes [[Human behavior|behavior]]) which is considered [[degrading]], [[offensive]] and [[impolite]]. Insults (sometimes called "[[crack]]s" "[[remark]]s" or ''[[one-liner]]s'') may be intentional or accidental. An insult may be factual, but at the same time pejorative, such as the word "[[Inbreeding|inbred]]". |
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| + | [[Desmond Morris]] has noted in ''[[The Naked Ape]]'' that 'verbal insults often take a [[phallic]] form. Almost all the really vicious swearwords we can use to hurl abuse at someone are sexual words.......Visual insults follow the same trend'. | ||
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| Latin ''insultāre'' (“to jump at, insult”), ultimately from ''salīre'' (“to [[jump]]”). | Latin ''insultāre'' (“to jump at, insult”), ultimately from ''salīre'' (“to [[jump]]”). | ||
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| *[[Defamation]] | *[[Defamation]] | ||
| *[[Hate speech]] | *[[Hate speech]] | ||
| + | *[[Invective]] | ||
| *[[Jibe|Jibe]] | *[[Jibe|Jibe]] | ||
| *[[Libel]] | *[[Libel]] | ||
| *[[Maledicta]] | *[[Maledicta]] | ||
| *[[Maledictology]] | *[[Maledictology]] | ||
| + | *[[The finger]] | ||
| + | *[[Mock]] | ||
| + | *[[Pejorative]] | ||
| + | *[[Profanity]] | ||
| *[[Rudeness]] | *[[Rudeness]] | ||
| *[[Satire]] | *[[Satire]] | ||
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| *[[Taunt]] | *[[Taunt]] | ||
| *[[The Dozens]], a game of "one-upmanship" involving insults or snaps usually related to the mother of one's opponent | *[[The Dozens]], a game of "one-upmanship" involving insults or snaps usually related to the mother of one's opponent | ||
| + | *[[Wit]] | ||
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An insult is an expression, statement (or sometimes behavior) which is considered degrading, offensive and impolite. Insults (sometimes called "cracks" "remarks" or one-liners) may be intentional or accidental. An insult may be factual, but at the same time pejorative, such as the word "inbred".
Desmond Morris has noted in The Naked Ape that 'verbal insults often take a phallic form. Almost all the really vicious swearwords we can use to hurl abuse at someone are sexual words.......Visual insults follow the same trend'.
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Etymology
Latin insultāre (“to jump at, insult”), ultimately from salīre (“to jump”).
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See also
- Ad hominem
- Contreblasons
- Damning with faint praise
- Defamation
- Hate speech
- Invective
- Jibe
- Libel
- Maledicta
- Maledictology
- The finger
- Mock
- Pejorative
- Profanity
- Rudeness
- Satire
- Shoeing
- Taunt
- The Dozens, a game of "one-upmanship" involving insults or snaps usually related to the mother of one's opponent
- Wit
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