Insults

[SeriousBrainDamage]

As the title suggets.

I often have hard time coming up with nice elaborated insults when I'm writing stories with a modern setting.
My reference vocabulary includes:

-Asshole (rude/confidential for a person who's being mean/rude/bad behaving)
-Idiot (general purpose for a person who shows little understanding of a given situation)
-Moron(less used alternative to idiot)
-Imbecile(quaint/pretentious)
-bitch(female alternative to asshole, also has sexual connotation)
-stupid(I percieve it as weak and disused)
-dumbass(more colorful alternative to idiot???)
-???

I maybe missing something at the moment, but that should be all.
Edit.
-whore(applayable to males, makes reference to the actual oldest profession in the world)
-slut(refers more to the attitude and behaviour, to my understading)

I was wondering if you could share the insults you uses the most often (with context maybe ) and also show some examples of more atriculated ones.
Like 'fucking idiot', as I understand that 'fucking' is the first and foremost adjective used to give more emphasis.

 

[brevdravis]

Ugly wart on a salamander's tongue. : "A pox on your firstborn, You ugly wart on a Salamander's Tongue." (General disgust)
Politician. : "You're serious.... YOU fucking politician!" (When somebody says something that means nothing.)
Ya know what I'm gonna get you? A big wooden cross. So next time you're feeling unappreciated, you can go nail yourself to it, OK? (When somebody start's playing Victim.) (Stolen from "The Ref" one of the best movies ever for calling family out on Bullshit)
Homonucleus A latin Classic. "Little Man". (If they're completely ignorant they'll assume it's homophobic insult, thus allowing you to use the one above freely.)
Mainstream Narrative. When somebody repeats something from television or radio Verbatim. (Yeah... that's pretty mainstream narrative. Now, can I talk to YOU?)

(Old sources are great, because nobody expects them in the age of the yo mamma joke. Course, in person these days you have to deliver it smoothly and confidently, otherwise you'll have the constant jerk butting in and making animal noises until you are quiet and then doing yo mamma jokes again. Or pretending that they don't understand and demanding that you explain the joke. At that point, usually best to just declare victory and leave. )

 

[MidbossMan]

Yeah, it'll vary setting by setting. If you want some more general ones you could try:

Crap-for-brains
Shit-for-brains
Bastard
Mongrel/cur (if they're the haughty type)

I like the eccentric characters who will use weirder types of insults too like milkblood or pebblewit. You may be able to come up with some interesting spins if you do like... a far future or fantasy setting. Think your own spin on HP's mudblood!

 

[chris_brown]

Fat sack of shit Is also good in the right settings such as when referencing our current president

 

[Loeman]

Gaywad
Fuckwad
Cock
Cocksucker
Cunt sucker
Carpet muncher
Cunt licker
Rug eater
Cock face
Cunt face
Penis breath
Penis face
Shit breath
Dick head
Tiny dick
Dickless
(Racial insults)
Pizza face
Ass licker
Ass munch
Ass wipe
Ass fuck
Butthead
Buttface
Buttmunch
Nose picker
Wimp
Wuss
Pussy
Gay boy
Princess
Faggoty little princess
Cunt
Cunt fucker
Faggoty little cunt fucker (contradictions are fine, if the insult flows)
Cunt flap
Wrinkle tits
Wrinkly old cunt
Stinky
Stank lips
Thot
Whore
Dildo
Stinky old dildo
Slut
Skank
Sicko
Skank breath
Skank lips
Skank tits (yes, these are in reference to a person. "Hey, Skank Tits!" Etc.)
Dicksuck
Dicksucker
Gutter whore
Gutter slut
Gutter trash
Trash
Garbage
Freak
Weirdo
Psycho
Perv
Pervert
Fart
Fartface
Toe sniffer
Butt sniffer
Dick cheese (again, "Hey, Dick Cheese!", etc.)
Fatty
Fatso
Fat fuck
Fucking fat, fat fuck (feel free to combo out! Freestyle! Especially is someone is ranting or generally super pissed)
Turd
Shit
Little shit
Mother shit turd
Shit head
Stupid little shit head
Shit breath
Turd fucker
Shit dick
Limp dick
Dyke
Faggot
Faggot fuckwad dicksucker
Lez-turd
Faggoty fuck
Fairy
Boy fucker
Lezbo
Goddamn sick fucking dyke
Goddamn (add on)
Fucking (add on)
Shit turd
Shit for brains
Shit face
Shit licker
Ass face
Snooty
Snob
Nasty
Nasty ass
Nasty ass skank
Nasty ass skank bag
Nasty little ho
Saggy-titted (insert insult)
Saggy-titted old whore
Ho
Ho bag
Skanky ass ho bag
Skanky lezzie slut
Wife beater
Stanky
Stanky ass ho
Stank ass ho
Stank ass hood rat
Stank breath
Wratchet (deliberate misspelling, mispronunciation of 'wretched', used similarly, especially in reference to ghetto girls)
Wratchety ho
Wratchety-ass gutter ho
Ghetto
Ghetto slut
Hood rat
Shit fuck (yes, you can call someone a straight-up shit fuck)
Tit
Homophobe
Racist
Sexist
Piece of shit
Homophobic sexist piece of shit
Dumbass
Disgusting
Disgusting shitstain
Ghetto ass garbage slut
Slimy little cocksucker
Slimy old ho
Old
Old fuck
Old fat pervert fuck
Fat old fucking cocksucker
Retard
Retarded fuck
Lazy retarded fuck face
Lazy
White bread (again, lots of racial insults out there)
Mother fucker
Mother fucking bitch-ass... (insert one more insult word)
Father fucker
Sister fucker
Jerk
Jerk wad
Jackass
Comment or exaggerate on some facial features (ie. Fat lips, big ears, rabbit teeth, big mouth, nappy hair, carrot top, bald headed)
Insult someone's tattoos or piercings, haircut or wig or weave...
Shrimp dick
Shrimpy little shrimp dick
Basic
Basic bitch
Soyboy
Beta
Cocksucking beta bitch
Coward
Hick
Asstard
Fucktard
Neanderthal
Fuckass
Fuckbitch
Puta
Slut fuck
Peabrain
Pisstard
Sheepfucker
Cuck
Skeezy
Sleazy
Sleazeball
Slimy
Slimebag
Slimeball
Scumbag
Scum
Scummy
Scum sucker
Cradle robber
Dick swab
Sycophant
Momma's boy
Dog
Dummy
Dolt
Pedo
Pedophile
Peeper
Creeper
Cum sucker
Sad sack
Worthless
Pathetic
Nauseating
Puke ("you little puke!")
Shifty
Shady

...

Then there's lots of more british-english terms I'm not as familiar with.

Knob
Knob sucker
Chav
Chavvy little cock sucker
Wanker
Bloody little wanker
Arsefucker
(I'm a little out of my depth there)

...

I think that's good for now.

Keep in mind that the kind of insults a character uses will reflect on their character. Using 'retard' and 'faggot' and etc. may may reflect on how the reader feels about that character.

 

[Loeman]

For inspiration

Keep in mind your character, though. Not everyone has the inclination or capacity to string 'em together like that : )

 

[Myocastor_Coypus]

Here's some stuff I remember from the Goon Show and other things:

"You...

"Steaming (English) nit!"

"Filthy swine!"

"Fiend!"

"Daft apeth!"

"Rat bag!"

"Oaf!"

"Twat!"

"Slag!"

"Hag!"

"Halfwit!"

"Trollop!" (Loose woman or prostitute.)

"Muling quim!" (Very spicy, reference to female bodily fluids.)

"Rotter!"

"Bastard!"

"Bum!"

"Cretin!"

"Cad!"

"Dunderhead!"

"Milksop!"

 

[SeriousBrainDamage]

Gaywad
Fuckwad
Cock
Cocksucker
Cunt sucker
Carpet muncher
Cunt licker
Rug eater
Cock face
Cunt face
Penis breath
Penis face
Shit breath
Dick head
Tiny dick
Dickless
(Racial insults)
Pizza face
Ass licker
Ass munch
Ass wipe
Ass fuck
Butthead
Buttface
Buttmunch
Nose picker
Wimp
Wuss
Pussy
Gay boy
Princess
Faggoty little princess
Cunt
Cunt fucker
Faggoty little cunt fucker (contradictions are fine, if the insult flows)
Cunt flap
Wrinkle tits
Wrinkly old cunt
Stinky
Stank lips
Thot
Whore
Dildo
Stinky old dildo
Slut
Skank
Sicko
Skank breath
Skank lips
Skank tits (yes, these are in reference to a person. "Hey, Skank Tits!" Etc.)
Dicksuck
Dicksucker
Gutter whore
Gutter slut
Gutter trash
Trash
Garbage
Freak
Weirdo
Psycho
Perv
Pervert
Fart
Fartface
Toe sniffer
Butt sniffer
Dick cheese (again, "Hey, Dick Cheese!", etc.)
Fatty
Fatso
Fat fuck
Fucking fat, fat fuck (feel free to combo out! Freestyle! Especially is someone is ranting or generally super pissed)
Turd
Shit
Little shit
Mother shit turd
Shit head
Stupid little shit head
Shit breath
Turd fucker
Shit dick
Limp dick
Dyke
Faggot
Faggot fuckwad dicksucker
Lez-turd
Faggoty fuck
Fairy
Boy fucker
Lezbo
Goddamn sick fucking dyke
Goddamn (add on)
Fucking (add on)
Shit turd
Shit for brains
Shit face
Shit licker
Ass face
Snooty
Snob
Nasty
Nasty ass
Nasty ass skank
Nasty ass skank bag
Nasty little ho
Saggy-titted (insert insult)
Saggy-titted old whore
Ho
Ho bag
Skanky ass ho bag
Skanky lezzie slut
Wife beater
Stanky
Stanky ass ho
Stank ass ho
Stank ass hood rat
Stank breath
Wratchet (deliberate misspelling, mispronunciation of 'wretched', used similarly, especially in reference to ghetto girls)
Wratchety ho
Wratchety-ass gutter ho
Ghetto
Ghetto slut
Hood rat
Shit fuck (yes, you can call someone a straight-up shit fuck)
Tit
Homophobe
Racist
Sexist
Piece of shit
Homophobic sexist piece of shit
Dumbass
Disgusting
Disgusting shitstain
Ghetto ass garbage slut
Slimy little cocksucker
Slimy old ho
Old
Old fuck
Old fat pervert fuck
Fat old fucking cocksucker
Retard
Retarded fuck
Lazy retarded fuck face
Lazy
White bread (again, lots of racial insults out there)
Mother fucker
Mother fucking bitch-ass... (insert one more insult word)
Father fucker
Sister fucker
Jerk
Jerk wad
Jackass
Comment or exaggerate on some facial features (ie. Fat lips, big ears, rabbit teeth, big mouth, nappy hair, carrot top, bald headed)
Insult someone's tattoos or piercings, haircut or wig or weave...
Shrimp dick
Shrimpy little shrimp dick
Basic
Basic bitch
Soyboy
Beta
Cocksucking beta bitch
Coward
Hick
Asstard
Fucktard
Neanderthal
Fuckass
Fuckbitch
Puta
Slut fuck
Peabrain
Pisstard
Sheepfucker
Cuck
Skeezy
Sleazy
Sleazeball
Slimy
Slimebag
Slimeball
Scumbag
Scum
Scummy
Scum sucker
Cradle robber
Dick swab
Sycophant
Momma's boy
Dog
Dummy
Dolt
Pedo
Pedophile
Peeper
Creeper
Cum sucker
Sad sack
Worthless
Pathetic
Nauseating
Puke ("you little puke!")
Shifty
Shady

...

Then there's lots of more british-english terms I'm not as familiar with.

Knob
Knob sucker
Chav
Chavvy little cock sucker
Wanker
Bloody little wanker
Arsefucker
(I'm a little out of my depth there)

...

I think that's good for now.

Keep in mind that the kind of insults a character uses will reflect on their character. Using 'retard' and 'faggot' and etc. may may reflect on how the reader feels about that character.

A great contribution, thank you!

I find it amusing how the thread turned into 'most peculiar or creative insult', by the way.

 

[Xenolan]

I am a huge fan of how Steve Martin, in the movie The Three Amigos, calls another character, “You son of a motherless goat!” What the hell does that even mean? It’s brilliant because it sounds dirty but there’s actually no individual word that’s objectionable. The best insults are the ones that are so dumb that they’re brilliant. Another good example is from Jamie Lee Curtis in A Fish Called Wanda: “Calling you Stupid would be an insult to stupid people!” Or, one which I heard myself once (not directed at me): “The first time you took a shit, your IQ dropped by half.”