vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square134fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoTriangeljosti. The Jostiband is a Dutch orchestra for people with a developmental disability, mainly people with down syndrome. A [triangle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_(musical_instrument\)) , or triangel in Dutch, is possibly the simplest instrument you can think of. So calling someone a ‘triangeljosti’ is basically comparing them to someone who plays the simplest possible instrument in a band for developmentally disabled people.
minus-squareSchlemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI’m wheezing. Never heard it before but the image is livid in my head.
minus-squareVashti@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoThis reminds me of the not-very-edifying-at-all moment when “joey” became a universal term of abuse in UK playgrounds.
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWell, yeah, it’s an insult so it’s not exactly meant to be flattering for either the insulted party or the person they are being compared to.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI mean, OP asked for insults. You should be prepared to see some you don’t like (which is the point of an insult after all).
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoNever heard that one being used, though.
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s not super common but I do hear it on occasion.
Triangeljosti.
The Jostiband is a Dutch orchestra for people with a developmental disability, mainly people with down syndrome.
A [triangle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_(musical_instrument\)) , or triangel in Dutch, is possibly the simplest instrument you can think of.
So calling someone a ‘triangeljosti’ is basically comparing them to someone who plays the simplest possible instrument in a band for developmentally disabled people.
I’m wheezing. Never heard it before but the image is livid in my head.
This reminds me of the not-very-edifying-at-all moment when “joey” became a universal term of abuse in UK playgrounds.
That’s so specific. lmao
That just sounds like ableism
Well, yeah, it’s an insult so it’s not exactly meant to be flattering for either the insulted party or the person they are being compared to.
I mean, OP asked for insults. You should be prepared to see some you don’t like (which is the point of an insult after all).
Never heard that one being used, though.
It’s not super common but I do hear it on occasion.