vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 年前What is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 年前message-square134fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 年前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.
minus-squareVashti@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 年前This reminds me of the not-very-edifying-at-all moment when “joey” became a universal term of abuse in UK playgrounds.
minus-squareSchlemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前I’m wheezing. Never heard it before but the image is livid in my head.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前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).
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前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.
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前It’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.
This reminds me of the not-very-edifying-at-all moment when “joey” became a universal term of abuse in UK playgrounds.
I’m wheezing. Never heard it before but the image is livid in my head.
That’s so specific. lmao
That just sounds like ableism
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).
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.
Never heard that one being used, though.
It’s not super common but I do hear it on occasion.