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Are these insults?
- Thread starter waloshin
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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.
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
BUT, if you have a head that looks like a Potato, then I'd be concerned
If someone called me 'home slice', I honestly wouldn't have a clue what they were whittering on about.
Word.
Word.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I wouldn't be insulted, but only because I don't know what any of these terms mean.
Spud?
Home slice?
Hoss?????
Spud?
Home slice?
Hoss?????
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.
The tiger is a magnificent beast. I can think of no higher compliment.
Have to admit I've never heard of those terms before.
Where did they come from and when were they used?
Well, let's see here. "Hoss" originated, I believe, from the 60s tv series Gunsmoke. Here's his picture:
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.
Where did they come from and when were they used?
Well, let's see here. "Hoss" originated, I believe, from the 60s tv series Gunsmoke. Here's his picture:
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.
