# Do you really think you're helping your case (Insulting names) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 20, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246 "2003-06-20T18:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/1 "2003-06-20T18:54:24Z")
Do you really think you’re helping your case? Bushista. Sore-Loserman. N\*Suck. The Backdoor Boys. Algore (Pronounced like Igor, of course). Twitney Spears. Wacko Jacko. minty green douche (haven’t seen it, but I’ll bet it’s been used). Fearless Misleader. Shrub. Most of these see fairly frequent use on the SDMB, as well as the real world. Do people that use these terms - more like epithets, really - think that they actually help their case? If someone is ranting about how worthless Britney Spears is, does it really make it more potent to refer to her as “Twitney”? Everyone is able to gather what you mean when you say “talentless Barbie doll twit”. Isn’t adding “Twitney” to that a little unnecessary, not to mention childish? I mean, hell, I remember back in 7th grade when things like this seemed somewhat clever, but I don’t think many posters here are quite that young. Kind of a Nerf™©®(etc) subject for the Pit, but seeing these things have continued to irritate me for quite some time. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/2 "2003-06-20T19:31:20Z")
Look, **Merigeek** , it works subliminally, okay? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/3 "2003-06-20T19:33:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Great Unwashed \* > \*\*Look, **Merigeek** , it works subliminally, okay? \*\* Excuse me, I have to go bite the head off a platypus. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/4 "2003-06-20T19:45:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Merijeek \* > \*\*I mean, hell, I remember back in 7th grade when things like this seemed somewhat clever, but I don’t think many posters here are quite that young. \*\* Young at heart, baby, young at heart. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/5 "2003-06-20T19:58:44Z")
Well mentally I’m 12! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/6 "2003-06-20T22:57:23Z")
“I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys 'R Us kid…” ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/7 "2003-06-20T23:12:45Z")
> [@](#): > > minty green douche What the hell is THAT in reference to?? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/8 "2003-06-20T23:32:34Z")
It’s annoying, and lessens the effect of any legitimate criticism the poster might have to offer. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/9 "2003-06-20T23:32:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zette \* > \*\*What the hell is THAT in reference to?? \*\* Dunno, but there’s bound to be one pissed-off Texan 'round these parts pretty soon. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/10 "2003-06-20T23:52:34Z")
I think I want to make that my sig. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/11 "2003-06-21T00:08:56Z")
Just keep in mind, **minty** , that “He needed killin’” is a perfectly good affirmative defense down there in Texas. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/12 "2003-06-21T03:08:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zette \* > \*\*What the hell is THAT in reference to?? \*\* I personally prefer chicks that use the _new car smell douche_, but I guess the _minty green douche_ is an acceptable substitute. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-think-youre-helping-your-case-insulting-names/183246/13 "2003-06-21T04:54:33Z")
I get it. All of this was a roundabout way of calling **minty green** a funny name. Don’t deny it! We can see right through you ;).