Deceptive Insults That Sound Like Compliments

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mattstaff
Aug 26, 2020 9:00 AM EDT

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about various tricky insults that sound like compliments. If someone says something to you with a strange smile on their face that makes it look like they're getting away with something, it could very well be a clever insult masked as a compliment. 

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  • 01
    Text - LucyVialli • 5h You're very brave to wear that colour! Reply 5.9k ...
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  • 02
    Text - mauve_but_dope • 5h "You're pretty for a _" I hate the specifiers. Like can't I just be pretty instead of being pretty for my race, interests, or other thing. Reply 3.7k ...
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  • 03
    Text - Lulu_42 • 4h 1 Award It's a good thing you're pretty! Reply 10.8k ...
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  • 04
    Text - d_010719 • 3h "You look HEALTHY because you GAINED weight!" or "You're getting thin, you should eat more!" Says my Aunt whom I have not seen in five years. (It's a culture thing, I guess?) Reply 1.0k ...
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  • 05
    Text - CaptainShitHead1 • 4h 6 Awards You're on top of the bell curve Reply 9.3k ...
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  • 06
    Text - rinaazul • 3h "Wow, I am so impressed, I didn't think you were capable of that." Reply 163 ...
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  • 07
    Text - nihasraja • 5h 1 Award Add to any compliment to turn it into an insult. Reply 1.8k ...
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  • 08
    Text - juicynade • 4h You look like you're easy to draw Reply 437 ...
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  • 09
    Text - matnolasco • 4h Calling someone "champ" in Australia Reply 182 ...
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  • 10
    Text - frauerpower • 3h 2 Awards "I love how you'll just wear anything" Reply 11.3k ...
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  • 11
    Text - daystooshort • 3h 2 Awards "You were so pretty as a child" Reply 850
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  • 12
    Text - Benson_Jefferies • 3h Saying "you're really good at that" to anything someone's failing at. Reply 32 ...
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  • 13
    Text - PleasantUnicorn • 3h 1 Award Anything compliment with the word 'actually' in it. "You're actually quite pretty" "You're actually smart!" Reply 1 7.9k ...
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  • 14
    Text - atticuslodius• 5h You are as smart as you are handsome... works better if they are dog ugly :) Reply 905 ...
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  • 15
    Text - coprolite_hobbyist • 3h Saying something you did was 'clever'. Not that you are clever, just a specific action you performed. What it means is that I think you are pretty dumb, but you unusually did something intelligent unintentionally. Reply 28 ...
    via r/AskReddit
  • 16
    Text - thebalance32• 4h 1 Award I heard when the seventh episode of Star Wars came out, George Lucas gave a fairly backhanded compliment to the movie: "The public will love it" Reply 7.3k ...
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  • 17
    Text - -ED9AR- • 4h 1 Award "See you later." "Not if I see you first!" I didn't realize for the longest time that the phrase actually meant if that person saw you first they would find a way to avoid you so you don't see them. Reply 1 5.0k ...
    via r/AskReddit
  • 18
    Text - skidils • 6h May you have an interesting life Reply 40 ...
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  • 19
    Text - PGMG17 • 5h No matter what people say about you, I think you're okay... Reply 1.2k ...
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  • 20
    Text - Limefrickingreen • 5h 2 Awards Bless your heart. Reply 2.2k ...
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