The silliest insult someone has given you?

[nwgull]

Ah blue peter....
A lot to answer for

A regular insult at school for other kids you thought were "special" or being stupid was calling them a "Joey"
we would also stand up when the teachers turned to the chalkboard (I am modern, it used to be called something else when I was at school) and rub our chins and make a sort of strange noise, all very childish.

Surely that was a 'chinny reckon' which is usually reserved as a response for when someone was telling a tall story, usually said in a Jimmy Hill voice.

The whole tongue in front of bottom teeth and slapping back of hand was another Joey related insult that lives on to this day. My colleague could genuinley not believe that such a wholesome TV programme was responsible for these enduring insults.

Kids are ****s, aren't they?

 

[Simster]

Not an insult to me, but I did giggle at this

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Kids are ****s, aren't they?

 

[jackanada]

I had to describe the derivation of Joey as an insult to 30-something work colleage the other day, and also how the word Spastic only became a pejorative term in British English thanks to Blue Peter in 1981.

Yes and after Spastic became such a common insult The Spastic Society changed it's name to SCOPE .
Took a New York second for scoper to become an insult.

Similarly I love worked with children with complex needs and among the more verbal the insult of choice was "Life Skills" because that was the name of classes for the least able where they learnt to make toast and such.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Looney once called me a 'gaylord'.

I wore it as a badge of honour.

 

[Insel affe]

Surely that was a 'chinny reckon' which is usually reserved as a response for when someone was telling a tall story, usually said in a Jimmy Hill voice.

No it was the one below, we used to do to the teachers that were weak and other kids.

The whole tongue in front of bottom teeth and slapping back of hand was another Joey related insult that lives on to this day. My colleague could genuinley not believe that such a wholesome TV programme was responsible for these enduring insults.

Sad but true.

Kids are ****s, aren't they?

Yep, i was

 

[METALMICKY]

Looney once called me a 'gaylord'.

I wore it as a badge of honour.

Very popular as school was ' Benny ' or for extra emphasis you could declare someone to be ' many Benny '.

 

[Giraffe]

Very popular as school was ' Benny ' or for extra emphasis you could declare someone to be ' many Benny '.

After Benny from Crossroads I always assumed?

 

[Gabbafella]

Some classics on here that we still use at work, especially "chinny reckon" as we have some right bullshitters at work.
I refer to a girl at work as an "absolute chinstrap", no idea why, it just sounds like it should be an insult and I went with it.

 

[METALMICKY]

After Benny from Crossroads I always assumed?

No. The derivation was ' Bender '.

 

[Happy Exile]

Surely that was a 'chinny reckon' which is usually reserved as a response for when someone was telling a tall story, usually said in a Jimmy Hill voice.

The whole tongue in front of bottom teeth and slapping back of hand was another Joey related insult that lives on to this day. My colleague could genuinley not believe that such a wholesome TV programme was responsible for these enduring insults.

Kids are ****s, aren't they?

Both of which are described here - "belming" being the tongue in front of teeth one https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb6music/A19367814

 

[METALMICKY]

Yes and after Spastic became such a common insult The Spastic Society changed it's name to SCOPE .
Took a New York second for scoper to become an insult.

Similarly I love worked with children with complex needs and among the more verbal the insult of choice was "Life Skills" because that was the name of classes for the least able where they learnt to make toast and such.

God I recall the awful rhyme that was very popular at school to the tune of ' pop goes the weasel '.

Half a pound of nuts and bolts
Half a pound of plastic
Pop them in the washing machine
Out pops a spastic

 

[Coldeanseagull]

A few years ago, I did some gardening work for my daughters friends mum. She said I was a goodun and she should have married me....you do something nice for some one and all they do is threaten you

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I had to describe the derivation of Joey as an insult to 30-something work colleage the other day, and also how the word Spastic only became a pejorative term in British English thanks to Blue Peter in 1981.

So, when a geeky boy messed up when playing football at break, circa1971, and was called a 'f***ing spaz', to what was this a reference?

 

[Weststander]

“Hey there, Mr Liberal …. ” …. sent by NSC pm from an Alt Right bod, angered by my posts against one of his heroes.

Instead of feeling intimidated, I couldn’t stop laughing.

 

[5Ways Gull]

After Benny from Crossroads I always assumed?

Troops in the Falklands used to refer to the locals as Bennie's after the crossroads character. When they were ordered to stop they started referring to them as Stills, e.g. Still Bennies.

 

[nwgull]

So, when a geeky boy messed up when playing football at break, circa1971, and was called a 'f***ing spaz', to what was this a reference?

I had no idea spaz was an insult in 1971?! 80/81 was my reception year at school, so I put it down solely to Joey Deacon’s fame.

Although Wikipedia does seem to indicate its use as an insult increased significantly in the early 80s thanks to Blue Peter.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spastic_(word)#:~:text=Some%20of%20these%20associations%20use,'%20is%20'spaz'.%22

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I had no idea spaz was an insult in 1971?! 80/81 was my reception year at school, so I put it down solely to Joey Deacon’s fame.

Although Wikipedia does seem to indicate its use as an insult increased significantly in the early 80s thanks to Blue Peter.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spastic_(word)#:~:text=Some%20of%20these%20associations%20use,'%20is%20'spaz'.%22

Wikepedia also claims that Valerie Singleton was responsible for an epidemic of Lesbianism

(I made that up, but it could still be true).

 

[5Ways Gull]

I am what is politely referred to as follicley challenged. I went to a client meeting with a company I was working for once and on being introduced to one of the client's senior managers, who I had never met before, he looked at me and went "alright Kojak". I wasn't bothered, I've been called much worse, but what was irritating was that he was a dead ringer for a smurf. As he was the client I had to keep Schtum

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Troops in the Falklands used to refer to the locals as Bennie's after the crossroads character. When they were ordered to stop they started referring to them as Stills, e.g. Still Bennies.

I heard that discussed on the radio a few months ago. Didn't it go on to yet another level? Bloody funny