# I need an insult. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 22, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361 "2002-10-22T10:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/1 "2002-10-22T10:48:24Z")
No, I don’t mean insult me! I need a word for a story. A character is telling someone else about taking care of a terminally ill family member, and mentions “arguing on the phone with the insurance company [somethings].” Now, no offense to you insurance company people! I’m just looking for a non-profane, one-word term to describe people who frustrate you. Like “fuckwits”, except I can’t use that term because as I said, it can’t be a swear. And I’m sure you know why I posted this here instead of the Cafe: because this is where all the vitriol is. Also, some people might be proud to know that, since I also needed a band name for this story, I used one of the perennial SD band names! Now, bring 'em on! Be creative! Show me what you got! (Thanks in advance!) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/2 "2002-10-22T10:53:57Z")
maggots? dolts? mouth breathers? gits? numskulls? pin-heads? ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/3 "2002-10-22T10:55:00Z")
dimwits numbskulls morons tools yeah yeah… “G” rated I know. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/4 "2002-10-22T11:17:26Z")
Dunderheads. Recalcitrants. Poltroons. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/5 "2002-10-22T11:20:21Z")
Neanderthals ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/6 "2002-10-22T11:28:06Z")
Scrotes. (from a Joseph Waumbah book, an all purpose insult based on scrotum) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/7 "2002-10-22T11:28:26Z")
Vultures Jackals Parasites ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/8 "2002-10-22T11:30:43Z")
You want one-word terms? There’s not a whole lot I can do about that. turd nitwit ignoramus worm-food (Yeah I am cheating) arse-wiper/arsewipe wastage ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/9 "2002-10-22T11:38:00Z")
leeches bloodsuckers ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/10 "2002-10-22T11:40:47Z")
Imbecilic progeny of inbred Idaho’ans…(no offense to you folk from Idaho, but it’s the only US state I could add an apostrophe to without stuffing it up completely…😃 ) Wanker Tosser Scumbag _COMPLETE_ Scumbug…(a very poor character reference in Aussie parlance) OH, SHIT, I just realised this is the BBQ pit…WELL, in that case, let me spew forth my thesaurus of words to describe arsewipes. Farknuckle An abortion gone seriously wrong. A Queenslander…😃 A reason why Natural Selection isn’t always for the best. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/11 "2002-10-22T11:48:19Z")
Hmmm. “Wastages” sounds good… Keep going! This is interesting! ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/12 "2002-10-22T11:59:37Z")
microcephalics imbeciles thickwits (euphoniously rhymes with “shitwits”) lackwits knuckle-draggers (would you accept a hyphenation, **Rilchiam**?) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/13 "2002-10-22T12:08:54Z")
Lackwits! That’s it! Thank you! (But if anyone sees this thread tomorrow and wants to contribute, knock yourself out!) ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/14 "2002-10-22T13:28:30Z")
Potlicker ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/15 "2002-10-22T13:35:37Z")
Smegheads? ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/16 "2002-10-22T13:39:08Z")
Naturally I forgot my standard insult: “Taffers” ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/17 "2002-10-22T13:43:44Z")
tosspots? varlots? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/18 "2002-10-22T13:46:44Z")
bottom-feeders… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/19 "2002-10-22T14:15:35Z")
criminals? sociopaths? weasels? vermin? cum bubbles (I know, I know) ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-insult/133361/20 "2002-10-22T14:35:32Z")
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