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[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Niggard/niggardly sounds like a really, really, awful choice for a word to describe someone cheap like Scrooge. It's not a slur it just sounds way too much like one. The use of the word is controversial despite the only connection the two words share is how they sound.

I wouldn't use the word around people though. Explaining how a word that sounds racist isn't racist makes you appear to be more racist. It isn't a slur but gets treated as if it was one.

✓ quite offensive

✓ not a slur

X you probably still shouldn't use it

[–] Generica@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Pig's sluice

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[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Clanker. It’s a slur, but who cares. AI don’t have feelings.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

If you're in America: "cunt." Alternatively: "Karen."

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Moist, as in "moist oily ointment."

[–] Jym66@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)
[–] RiverRabbits@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago

ending a word with "-tard" references the "r-slur" against disabled people. Regardless of if you still approve of its use (I don't) it therefore misses the question asked.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago
[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago

I called one of my co-workers a cunt for bullying a different co-worker. Calling him a cunt got me in more trouble than his bullying.

So that, but I never apologized despite the pressure. Woo, union? lol.

[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

As an Australian, I would like to introduce you to a word more offensive than “fuck” while just as versatile, and that is “Cunt”.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Big fan of the word. I use it frequently. I also eat Vegemite and say she'll be right. Big fan of y'all.

[–] philpo@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago

Cunt is one of the most Australian words I know. I sadly left OZ more than a decade ago,but I still get a bit of a melancholic feeling whenever I hear it.

The fact that you can also say cunt in an positive sense is fucking funny.

Sick cunt! And Oi cunt is always a bit of a hit and miss for someone who is not an native Australian slang speaker.

(Oi cunt once got me thrown out of an irish pub somewhere in County Cork - when used to greet my Australian mate

Bogan is also a word that needs much more recognition worldwide. Same as Drongo and Fair dinkum. And so many others.

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

I have a good one. Once a small machine shop in my hometown had their adjustable sign say "gravely bad-boy scag" which sounds like the best insult ever, but apparently all 3 are brands of lawnmowers that they sold.

Me and my sister still call each other scag to this day lol

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago

Thundercunt, works every time

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Dickhole, Jackbag, Slamhog

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

If you ever to go Hong Kong or Guangzhou, you need to know this volcabulary:

仆街
廢柴
變態
冚家鏟
黐線

The translated version doesn't even come close to the actual emotion toll of hearing these words used by your parents or brother against you.

[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

Not a word, but my favorite recent addition was when someone told me her husband, rather than flip people off in road rage situations, just looks at them and gives them a thumbs down gesture, and it makes them so much more mad. I’ve been doing it whenever I see Cybertrucks.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago

I cannot think of anything outside of the not so humble Australian cunt for single words. That or LLMbecile ( one I heard here ).

Though, when talking to others, a classic "Mr. Rodgers would be disappointed in you." is always an option.

Few of my personal favorites: "I'm disappointed in you" "You don't have to be your parents you know" "Is this what you do with your free time?"

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 hours ago

Presidential.

[–] zlatiah@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

In a professional setting: disappointment is the strongest word I've ever said to someone

Outside that? I don't know if there is a good cutoff between slur/not slur... The one I vividly remember was old Chinese social media users (before the blockage) calling some people "Wumao" (translates to 50 cents). This is implying that the person is being a troll, and they did it because they were so pathetic that they accepted a 50-cent commission from the government to say good/bad things on the internet. Probably still the worst insult I could imagine till this day; modern equivalent might be calling someone "nice job ChatGPT" or a "Russian bot"

[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You battery operated trilobite would not recognise an offensive sentence if I typed it at you!

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

I want a pet trilobite

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 23 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I like calling people inanimate objects. Being angrily called a "fucking waffle" or a "God damned acorn" hits different than the normal curses and slurs

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

"Listen up, lollipops!"

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[–] black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 64 points 17 hours ago (9 children)

A lot of Americans who say "fuck" will still lose their goddamn minds if you say "cunt".

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 points 8 hours ago

Depends what you want. Gobshite. Cunt. Cretin. Wretch. Popinjay. Ne'er-do-well. Buffoon. Malcontent. Simpleton. Embarrassment.

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Muppet, munter, twat. Just start using UK insults

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I recently stumbled upon "dense block of hamstink".

[–] TheLunatickle@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago

Goat licker is a good one, for example "You canoe humping goat licker!"

[–] dryfter@ani.social 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

If you’ve never called someone a “donut” before, you’ve never lived.

[–] Boozilla@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Meh, Gordon Ramsey vibes.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

When in doubt about swearing look to the british. Cunt and bugger.

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

the British are SO GOOD at insults, if their accent wasn't so damn hilarious roadrage would be terrifying

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 24 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

For best results, it depends on the context.

For example, when I'm dealing with people who cannot (or refuse) to do the simplest of tasks, I've found myself muttering "ugh, just read the instructions I wrote you troglodyte".

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