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Backhanded Insult

A compliment couched in the form or tone of an insult. Often used by people who *want* to be nice, but fear being seen as weak or disingenuous, but can be unintentional.
When Maurice told Mary she was "the least photogenic pretty chick" he'd ever seen, he meant that pictures didn't do her beauty justice, but it came off as a backhanded insult.
by PBMax February 24, 2008
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Insult Kamikaze

An insult kamikaze is the term applied to the action of insulting someone at your expense, so you insult both yourself and the other person.
Miguel: Suck dick Nico.

Lane: Nico does know how to suck some dick.

Nico: You would know.

Lane: Are you insulting me or yourself?

Nico: I don't know, both of us I guess.

Lane: So it's like an insult kamikaze.

Nico: I like that, I have to add that to the Urban Dictionary
by SMSchoirboy October 31, 2011
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to add insult to injury

it is said when someone makes a bad situation worse by doing something else to upset you.
first the robbers snatched her chain, and then to add insult to injury , they molested her as well.
by g.s.arora August 6, 2009
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insult

Something that is apparently VERY COMMON on this website...
"****er!"
by Tom October 21, 2003
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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

hilarious dog puppet from NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brian whose signature line is "for me to poop on!"
Grant: Who were you talking to?
Mark: Some dog puppet who said my home town was wonderful...for him to poop on.
Grant: That was Triumph the Insult Comic Dog! Fuckin sweet dude!
by Joe Brannen September 28, 2005
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insultosaurus

Someone who insults others frequently and wittily.
"Faye is such an insultosaurus."
by Athenais May 25, 2006
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Insulted

when you are extremely agitated with someone or something or when something puts you off so much that you have to say, "I'm pretty insulted about..."
Kelli and I were pretty insulted with the crowd at that bar. Or, I was pretty insulted when he didn't return my call.
by Ashley C. January 5, 2006
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