# Southern Insults **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862 "2010-07-16T01:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/41 "2010-07-16T23:39:50Z")
My Paternal Grandmother often remarked, “Some people have more money than sense.” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/42 "2010-07-16T23:58:17Z")
A good verbal pun when said as : “more dollars than sense” ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/43 "2010-07-16T23:59:34Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > “Bless his/her heart” is wonderfully versatile. You can say anything about anyone, no matter how rude, if you preface it with “bless his heart”, as in: “Bless his heart, he’s a dumb as a box of rocks” or “Bless her heart, she’s as ugly as homemade sin.” _Bless his/her/your heart_ can also be consolatory. Like _dude_, its meaning is entirely dependent on the speaker’s tone. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/44 "2010-07-17T00:00:44Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > A good verbal pun when said as : “more dollars than sense” Well, Grandmother _did_ move here from Illinois. That will be Our Little Secret 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/45 "2010-07-17T00:19:00Z")
Well I do declare! You sure are a smart one… considering who raised ya… bless your little heart. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/46 "2010-07-17T00:21:50Z")
I just thought of a couple more, though they may be more black than Southern: _saditty_ and _flicted_. The former mean “acting in a pretentious or unwontedly sophisticated fashion.” The latter is short for _afflicted_ and means “crazy, stupid, and/or eccentric in an unpleasant way.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/47 "2010-07-17T00:24:16Z")
Well, we stole okra and chitterlings from you, we might as well take them, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/48 "2010-07-17T00:30:02Z")
“I’ll beat you like a red-headed stepchild who stole from the church plate.” Not really an insult and not sure it was used much outside my southern home though. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/49 "2010-07-17T00:30:32Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Well, we stole okra and chitterlings from you, we might as well take them, too. 🙂 _Flicted_, I think, can be used by white people. _Saditty_ is best summarized as meaning “acting white,” so y’all don’t have much use for it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/50 "2010-07-17T00:44:37Z")
He’s done got above his raisin’s. ---
**Author:** ![freakstasy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@freakstasy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freakstasy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/51 "2010-07-17T01:20:46Z")
She’s pretty. (in the same vein as “Bless your heart”) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/52 "2010-07-17T01:58:31Z")
Is “She has a pretty face” uniquely Southern? ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/53 "2010-07-17T02:55:59Z")
My mother tells me that if a southern woman says “I don’t really know him” what she really means is he’s a rat. ---
**Author:** ![SantaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/54 "2010-07-17T06:24:44Z")
Well, _ **that’s** _different ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/55 "2010-07-17T22:44:39Z")
This is another one that can mean something good or something bad: “He ain’t nuthin but a dirt road sport”. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/56 "2010-07-18T02:17:43Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > _Flicted_, I think, can be used by white people. _Saditty_ is best summarized as meaning “acting white,” so y’all don’t have much use for it. My folks would say a man lived every day like it was Saturday night. That meant he got all dressed up like he was going out on the town, and spit and shined over nothing, with nowhere to go. Poor folks who haven’t got much will pull out all the stops they can on date night. . .I’m betting that “saditty” started as Saturday. . . “Ain’t got the good sense God gave a cucumber” is one of my all-time favorites, although goose actually works nicely. The last word can be changed around to imply all sorts of things. “Rooster” would mean he was stupid about dating, or “pea-hen” would mean she was underdressed as compared to her husband. . . The final verdict on a cad “No decent woman can afford to be seen with him.” “He/she is difficult” suggests a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. “very Energetic” implies AD/HD A “hard” man is not a good thing in the South. He’s mean, inflexible, demanding and self-centered. “Flighty” irresponsible. Will completely destroy your chances of ever chairing a Junior League event. “She’s so Junior League” or “She’s not Junior League material” one means she’d iron her blouse before taking a child to the emergency room, the second means she lacks morals. Is “He’s wound a little too tight” a southern thing? It means he’s likely to fly off the handle and hurt somebody, like a baling wire that’s not gonna hold. . . ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/57 "2010-07-18T02:33:58Z")
“Uglier than the north end of a southbound mule” - maybe not restricted to the South. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/58 "2010-07-18T02:41:21Z")
“In a state” carries the implication “over nothing.” It’s like throwing a hissy fit, but a little quieter, and usually involves locking oneself in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/59 "2010-07-18T02:44:03Z")
As a youngster having an adult man who’s not your father call you “son.” Ooh that puts you in your place. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862/60 "2010-07-18T03:13:30Z")
> [@Flipshod](#): > > As a youngster having an adult man who’s not your father call you “son.” Ooh that puts you in your place. That’s not so much an insult around here. But if my husband calls you “Cap’n”, you can bet you’ve pissed him off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862.md?page=4)