# Is "bub" an insult?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bub-an-insult/470461>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 31, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bub-an-insult/470461 "2008-10-31T17:23:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bub-an-insult/470461/41 "2008-11-02T13:45:22Z")

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If someone calls me “bub” I tend to assume they are, at some level, looking for a fight or an argument, bub.

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