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waloshin

May 9, 2009, 03:11 AM

- If someone calls you Spud, Home Slice, would these be classified as an insult?

I did check urban dictionary.com , but it seems to go both ways. What do you think?

amd4me

May 9, 2009, 03:21 AM

- If someone calls you Spud, Home Slice, would these be classified as an insult?

I did check urban dictionary.com , but it seems to go both ways. What do you think?

No not an insult. In fact I have neither heard either of these used in any kind of negative fashion. Urban dictionary is user edited there for a POS.

Eraserhead

May 9, 2009, 03:25 AM

Yes, if you don't know the person in question well.

Keniff

May 9, 2009, 03:29 AM

If the person said it with a cheeky glint/sparkle in their eye, then I'd say it wasn't an insult, and you should have smiled, and maybe been quick witted enough to respond with something just as challenging.

BUT, if you have a head that looks like a Potato, then I'd be concerned ;)

Dagless

May 9, 2009, 04:24 AM

Home Slice? Has someone been watching too much Fresh Prince?

Jaffa Cake

May 9, 2009, 04:41 AM

If someone called me 'home slice', I honestly wouldn't have a clue what they were whittering on about.

Word.

doubleohseven

May 9, 2009, 06:25 AM

I've never heard the term 'Home Slice' before. I don't consider the term 'Spud' and insult. For example, my good friend and I call each other 'Punk' sometimes, but we're only joking around.

Schtumple

May 9, 2009, 06:29 AM

Home Slice? Has someone been watching too much Fresh Prince?

Exactly what I was going to say, it's a pretty 90's term tbh...

Chundles

May 9, 2009, 06:31 AM

Here in Australia as long as you're friends with someone then calling them anything isn't classed as an insult unless it's actually said in anger.

I could call my best mate an ****** c and he'd laugh it off and return in kind, but if I told him he was an ****** c in no uncertain terms then he'd be right to feel insulted.

Cromulent

May 9, 2009, 07:08 AM

Generally if you call someone a spud then you are calling them a bit of a plonker. It is used in a friendly context in the UK though.

Fiveos22

May 9, 2009, 07:16 AM

How about Hoss, Big Guy, or Chief?

Melrose

May 9, 2009, 07:33 AM

How about Hoss, Big Guy, or Chief?

THOSE are insults. Same goes for Tiger, Killer, Sport, etc.. Still, any man who get riled up over being called Tiger doesn't get insulted enough.

jarjarblinks

May 9, 2009, 09:23 AM

"Slim" should have a derigatory tinge to it, yes?

So does "snowflake", I believe? :confused:

Abstract

May 9, 2009, 10:58 AM

I wouldn't be insulted, but only because I don't know what any of these terms mean.

Spud?
Home slice?
Hoss?????

Mr. lax

May 9, 2009, 11:08 AM

How about Hoss, Big Guy, or Chief?THOSE are insults. Same goes for Tiger, Killer, Sport, etc.. Still, any man who get riled up over being called Tiger doesn't get insulted enough.

That shows up lots in lacrosse, mostly to rile up the other team.

emt1

May 9, 2009, 11:15 AM

I hate when people use that lingo with me, even if they don't intend it as an insult. How are you supposed to respond to that?

Tosser

May 9, 2009, 11:18 AM

I hate when people use that lingo with me, even if they don't intend it as an insult. How are you supposed to respond to that?

Shake one's head?

northy124

May 9, 2009, 11:41 AM

I wouldn't consider "Spud" offensive (my best mates nickname is Spud :) ) but "Home Slice" I have never heard of it.

Eraserhead

May 9, 2009, 11:52 AM

I wouldn't be insulted, but only because I don't know what any of these terms mean.

Spud?
Home slice?
Hoss?????

Same here, I just didn't want to admit it :p.

Abstract

May 9, 2009, 12:28 PM

Yeah, "Hoss"?

If someone called me the Hoff, I'd take it a bit more personal.

Jaffa Cake

May 9, 2009, 12:34 PM

How about Hoss, Big Guy, or Chief?A hoss is one of those four-legged things cowboys ride. I don't see how that's that bad an insult, unless they're saying you have teeth like an hoss.

THOSE are insults. Same goes for Tiger, Killer, Sport, etc.. Still, any man who get riled up over being called Tiger doesn't get insulted enough.The tiger is a magnificent beast. I can think of no higher compliment.

MikeTheC

May 9, 2009, 12:51 PM

Have to admit I've never heard of those terms before.

Where did they come from and when were they used?

How about Hoss, Big Guy, or Chief?

Well, let's see here. "Hoss" originated, I believe, from the 60s tv series Gunsmoke. Here's his picture:

http://www.williamsmith.org/Hoss%201.jpg

Big Guy I've only heard as a casual, throw-away reference to someone in some kind of (possibly humorous, possibly serious) acknowledgment. Chief I haven't heard used insultingly. Normally, I've heard it used (or I've used it myself) as a form of acknowledgment of someone who was actually in charge of something (project, team, department, etc.) Heck, I've had it used on me by others and it was never meant as an insult.

Abstract

May 9, 2009, 01:21 PM

A hoss is one of those four-legged things cowboys ride. I don't see how that's that bad an insult......

Perhaps "Your mom's a hoss."

Jaffa Cake

May 9, 2009, 01:25 PM

Perhaps "Your mom's a hoss."But not if you're hung like one.

bartelby

May 9, 2009, 01:27 PM

A hoss is one of those four-legged things cowboys ride. I don't see how that's that bad an insult, unless they're saying you have teeth like an hoss.

No, you're thinking of an "oss".
Just ask OllyW:D

Jaffa Cake

May 9, 2009, 01:29 PM

That's exactly what I'm thinking of – the 'h' is silent. ;)

bartelby

May 9, 2009, 01:31 PM

That's exactly what I'm thinking of – the 'h' is silent. ;)

Oop NORTH it's an 'oss then?

In t'middle it's just oss...

Zombie Acorn

May 9, 2009, 01:50 PM

Both of them aren't really negative IMO. Ive heard someone say homeslice, never spud though

ltldrummerboy

May 9, 2009, 03:52 PM

Well, let's see here. "Hoss" originated, I believe, from the 60s tv series Gunsmoke. Here's his picture:

http://www.williamsmith.org/Hoss%201.jpg

FALSE! He's actually from Bonanza. I can think of very few higher compliments than to call someone Hoss. However, if you called them a hoss (notice the addition of the indefinite article and the lowercase "h") then that might be a derogatory use of the word.

MikeTheC

May 10, 2009, 01:52 PM

FALSE! He's actually from Bonanza. I can think of very few higher compliments than to call someone Hoss. However, if you called them a hoss (notice the addition of the indefinite article and the lowercase "h") then that might be a derogatory use of the word.
Whoops, yeah, you're right. I should know that, since I know Lorne Greene was also on that show. My bad.

No, you're thinking of an "oss".

Open Source Software? Well, then, that's quite the compliment, I should think! ;)

bartelby

May 10, 2009, 01:53 PM

Open Source Software? Well, then, that's quite the compliment, I should think! ;)

No oss (http://www.sedgleymanor.com/dictionaries/dialect.html#o)

Melrose

May 10, 2009, 03:46 PM

But not if you're hung like one.

Somehow that doesn't quite have the same ring to it.. "Hung like a Hoss." And how on earth do you know?

dukebound85

May 10, 2009, 03:48 PM

depends on the context

anything can be an insult if thats the intent

Jaffa Cake

May 10, 2009, 04:18 PM

And how on earth do you know?I suppose it would depend on whether the individual in question was a home slice of yours or not.

Little HZ

May 10, 2009, 04:33 PM

No, you're thinking of an "oss". OllyW:D

LMOO? (laughing my "oss" off) ;)

xlii

May 10, 2009, 04:40 PM

Had someone (in the Army) call me a "Pilgrim". Supposedly slang for a "white guy". I didn't get the insult at the time. All I said was, "What? I'm not a Pilgrim. My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower? What are you talking about?"