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When you are complimented and insulted in the same sentence. Example of a complisult: "You are not the smartest person I know, but you are not the dumbest either."
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A backhanded compliment. "That's such a nice dress. It does wonders for your figure."
This person has just delievered a complisult. |
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An compliment mixed with an insult, neither hidden. Sdean: You have nice eyes there, big nose
Sdean: see thats a compliment mixed with an insult I call it a complisult |
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When one makes a statement to another that is part compliment, part insult. Popularized by the NBC show Community. Nurse: He'd like to see Annie next...
Jeff: You know what? No. He'll see Jeff next. *Gets up to Leave* Nurse: Wait, you're not suppo- Jeff: Or what? You'll do twice the work of a doctor for half the pay? *Leaves Defiantly* Nurse: ... Thank you? Britta: Call it a Complisult. Part compliment, part insult-He invented them. I coined the term. See what I did there? That was an Explanabrag. |
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when something is a compliment AND an insult, at the same time. ;) *Talking about an ugly person*
Friend 1: "Don't worry, you're not as ugly as her" Friend 2: "Oh, thanks." Friend 3: "That was a complisult..." Friend 1: "Oh yeah..." "You can do much better than him!" (That is a complisult because they are saying that the girl deserves more, but they are insulting her boyfriend at the same time.) |
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A compliment with an implied insult. That dress doesn't make you look THAT fat". "Wow, thanks for the complisult!"
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A compliment that is really an insult, or an insult that is really a compliment
"He called me a wannabe geek. Now I'm not sure if he was being nice or mean. I suppose he meant it as a complisult"
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