# Things that sound insulting but they're really not... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505 "2005-11-23T23:27:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/1 "2005-11-23T23:27:48Z")
Yelling “Hey bitch, get over here!” to your dog that happens to be female… Screaming “You suck” at a vacuum cleaner… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/2 "2005-11-24T00:12:34Z")
The OP is a complete gorm. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/3 "2005-11-24T00:48:58Z")
You have a derth of a bad qualities. I know this black guy that can best be described as niggardly but I think that is just because he grew up poor. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/4 "2005-11-24T10:08:11Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > The OP is a complete gorm. Okay, you made me look. I couldn’t find anything except for [this](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gorm) and that would mean I am either brainless or a skinny person that lives in the mountains. [Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com) says that it’s a [Variant of gaum](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gorm) which means “to smudge or smear,” which only confuses me. Wait, but then I found this: > [@](#): > > “Gorm” is another fine old word (originally “gaum”) meaning “care or attention,” so someone who is “gormless” lacks attention, doesn’t notice things, is tuned out, vegged out, hopeless and clueless. > > [The Word Detective](http://www.word-detective.com/060704.html) So I figure either you came up with a nice obscure compliment that sounds vaguley insulting in the spirit of the thread or you’re a big meanie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/5 "2005-11-24T15:34:30Z")
I hope all your children are born naked. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/6 "2005-11-24T16:41:29Z")
“My dick is bigger than yours” … spoken to a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/7 "2005-11-24T16:45:38Z")
> [@Der Trihs](#): > > “My dick is bigger than yours” … spoken to a woman. Maybe she’ll reply, “What twattle!” ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/8 "2005-11-25T01:56:04Z")
"That’s an oxy… moron! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/9 "2005-11-25T02:12:17Z")
I just want to let you know, in confidence, that the OP is an admitted thespian… ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/10 "2005-11-25T02:23:54Z")
Kiss my ass! Please? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/11 "2005-11-25T02:55:08Z")
Semprini! The aftershave of course… And also: “Death by Snu-Snu!” ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/12 "2005-11-25T19:03:09Z")
Yep gormless is careless and stupid, so being a gorm can’t be too bad. Maybe you have an over inflated sense of humility. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/13 "2005-11-25T23:27:20Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Yep gormless is careless and stupid, so being a gorm can’t be too bad. > > Maybe you have an over inflated sense of humility. You’re very good at this… ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-insulting-but-theyre-really-not/332505/14 "2005-11-26T04:24:17Z")
Puck my stick, ya fathermuckin’ corksocker!