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Just for a moment, try imagining a world where insults don’t exist, where everyone tells the truth, and nobody swears. Ever. Sounds pretty boring, doesn’t it? Nobody’s excusing being nasty to other people, but insults tell us a lot about our background, our culture, as well as our outlook on life. It’s just part of being a human being like poetry, music, and art. What’s more, insults, when done right, are the perfect way to show how witty and creative we can be.

The ‘Rare Insults’ subreddit is a place on the internet where people share the best, the brightest, and the most Shakespearian insults they’ve come across. They’ll take your breath away. They’ll make you laugh. These creative insults will make you want to use your imagination the next time somebody wrongs you.

We’ve collected some of the best of the community’s thought-provoking and hilarious insults, so let us know which ones were your personal favorites and why. And don’t forget to upvote the best insults or the ones that you would love to use in real life. Bored Panda also talked to one of the moderators of the ‘Rare Insults’ subreddit about how the community first formed, as well as the place these savage insults and swearing have in our lives, so scroll down for the full interview.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My uncle told me he was in a Walmart when he saw a dark skinned lady talking on her phone in a different language. Some idiot said to her We are in America if you want to speak Spanish go to Spain. To which she replied I am speaking one America's native languages. I am Navaho if you want to speak English go to England.

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The ‘Rare Insults’ community on Reddit has grown enormous. Created in November 2017, it now boasts more than 1 million members. The subreddit has two aims: to collect good insults, as well as to help others “spice up” their vocabulary.

Blank-Cheque, one of the ‘Rare Insults’ moderators, explained to Bored Panda how the subreddit came into existence: “The community was originally founded by Gorangeninja two years ago, after he saw someone suggest it be made on another subreddit. The subreddit only grew to a few thousand users in the span of about 8 months. Our current top mod, Remydesp, was an active user in the subreddit in its first few months, and a lack of moderation plagued the subreddit, so he reached out to the mods offering to help out in the task of moderation.”

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hahaha, metric all the way. Makes so much more sense than the imperial bull s**t.

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“Over the course of the next year, Gorangeninja stepped down as top mod, and Remydesp and our former owner Tycoinator added many other mods to help out. The biggest challenge in getting a large following was maintaining the quality of the content on the subreddit. In the next 3 months, the subreddit grew almost 200k users, and the influx of new users brought along a lot of low quality posts. The support from the amazing moderation team has allowed the subreddit to thrive and still maintain the original quality. After Pewdiepie made a video on our subreddit, we grew almost 25k users in one day. If the subreddit did not have such hardworking and committed moderators, we would not have seen the success we have today,” Blank-Cheque said.

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According to the mod, there is a perfectly simple reason why most of us curse and swear. “The question seems more complex than it is; it requires no philosophy of any sort to answer, only science. Cursing has been observed by scientists to alleviate pain, and insult-like gestures have been observed by researchers even in chimpanzees.”

“Professor Frans de Waal said that angry chimpanzees "will grunt or spit or make an abrupt, upsweeping gesture that, if a human were to do it, you'd recognize it as aggressive" in order to avoid conflict, rather than to escalate it. He continues that a "chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn't waste time with gestures, but just goes ahead and attacks." [Insults] are a part of life, and a world without them would be extremely different to ours to a degree which cannot be simply explained.”

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t doubt it. I have come across more smaller dogs that are vicious compared to big dogs.

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When asked what their personal favorite rare insult posted on the subreddit is, Blank-Cheque said that it’s difficult to choose. “Honestly, we see such a volume of rare insults every day that it's so hard to pick a favorite. There are just so many great ones to choose from that I would never stop listing them. This subreddit has such creative posts, it's really a joy to mod it. As for whether we use any in public: no, no we don't. Hurling insults at people is generally considered rude and we try to avoid being rude.”

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ahahah this is a great way to look at all bigotry problems. Just let the mushroom live in peace :))

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All the countries of the world have a rich history of insults. Have you ever been called a ‘velnio išpera?’ Or a ‘varlės kinka?’ Lithuanian insults sound better than poetry and almost like compliments. A bit like swearing in French or wiping your bottom with silk, some would argue.

Meanwhile, a good many insults have fallen out of use in the English language. Insults like ninnyhammer (a fool), mumpsimus (a stubborn person who insists on making an error in spite of being shown that it is wrong), milksop (a pampered boy or man), cockalorum (a boastful, strutting, and self-important person), and lickspittle (a suck-up).

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What do you say about bringing some of these insults back? The next time your colleague is sucking up to your boss, why not call him a lickspittle? And if you’ve shown your friend they’re wrong about something, but they insist on doing it nonetheless, call them a mumpsimus. Obviously, when somebody cuts in front of you on the highway, shake your fist, stick your head out of the window, and yell: “Sod off, you ninnyhammer!” But remember, insulting someone for fun is never the way to go, so stay classy.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg I absolutely thought the one on the right was the wax figure until I read the comments hahaha

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Coat - Scooby. Turtleneck - Velma. Green thing (?) - Shaggy. Blue shirt - Fred. I guess that leaves Pink Trousers - Daphne?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's also something I've been pondering about too. "You think I'm not a lot? ㅠㅜ" would be my answer to such a confession.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If at first there were only Adam and Eve and they had two sons, where did other people come from?

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... and now they're telling us there's enough toilet paper to go around forever, knowing they won't need it in a few years or so.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don’t even know who stark is but I can definitely tell this is a fierce burn. Cos what she said is a whole lotta b******t.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, all the people in the comment section who think being gay doesn't change the kind of music you listen to. That's the whole point of the original comment. Gays don't listen to the same music as straight folks. Some of all y'alls music is okay, stuff with gender neutral pronouns or that doesn't have anything to do with relationships, but most of it is so het-centric to be unlistenable for us. It's fascinating the way straight folks think their experience is universal. Are cis-hets listening to gay artists (Troye Silvan, Angie, Carlie Hanson, Dizzy Fae, Jesse Saint John, King Princess, Zolita, Lesbian Jesus, etc.) with same-sex lyrics, or do all y'all think "I Kissed a Girl" is a gay song instead of a homophobic song that Perry regrets writing?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What kind of talking troglodyte s**t did I read here, all songs are songs no matter what kind of f*****g pronouns are in it. Being a homosexual doesn't change what type of songs you listen to, you troglodyte it may for you cause you look specifically for something that doesn't say he or s**t which you can find by just listening to any background music. This has to be the dumbest, most pathetic thing I've ever seen anyone post on a public forum for everyone to read. A gay man/woman/thing can listen to whatever a straight man/woman/thing listens to cause the spectrum of genres is f*****g huge. Get out of your little bubble and stop acting like every damn artist is straight other than the ones that specifically put s**t about being gay, pretty f*****g stupid to do when attempting to push a specific view point.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the intended insult is "you're r******d", not "you're gay". It says something (good) about society that even when deliberately insulting gays you ignore their sexuality.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But she listens to queer music? Because she's f*****g queer, not straight music. I remember vaguely that once, when I thought I was straight, I listened to straight music, and thought, 'wow, this is s**t.'

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

(saying this to get an insult thrown at me) Imagine being homophobic. Your life purpose is to hate LGBTQ+.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey don't roast the crayon chewing US Marines by calling her a crayon chewer!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

by y'all outraged I get u dont understand Tumblr humour...just like trrrrlizard

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That was a dumb a*s comment. As if sexuality changes your music taste.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

haha!! yea, I'm going to keep that one around too!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

imagine for a minute, if we'd all been straight, just how sh*tty the music really would have been o_0

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"Crayon Chewer" -- my next t-shirt for PrideFest. My last one was anklegrabbingdicksmokingsonofSodom, and it was a hit.

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