Creative insults

[semperfiona]

Rosa doesn't swear. At all. Which is pretty weird in that she lives in a household of people who swear all the time, but she says she just doesn't see the need. It's probably just as well for her, since I wouldn't put it past her father's family to punish her for it.

Instead, she has taken to using absurd multisyllabic multi-word phrases as insults. I think the surrealists would be proud.

Some examples:

Mayonnaise kumquat
Inconsiderate microwaved piece of soap
Pretentious crouton
Egg covered mailbox flag

Comments

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

Please tell her I'm stealing "pretentious crouton." :)

[semperfiona]

I'm sure she'll be flattered.

"You inconsiderate microwaved piece of soap" was actually addressed to me. I forget what I'd done to peeve her (probably nothing), but it started a hilarious conversation.

[lightning-rose.livejournal.com]

Very cute. :)

My husband teaches science at a treatment facility for at-risk kids* who, as you might guess, all swear like drunken sailors.

Whenever a demonstration goes wrong, he uses the epithet, "Oh, gravity!"; and many of the kids have now adopted that phrase as well.

[semperfiona]

That's brilliant. And so very applicable in so many situations. Spill your drink in your lap? Trip over your own feet? (Both of which I do regularly, being a klutz from a long line of klutzes.)

[jilly-bear.livejournal.com]

I love it!!