What is Backhanded Insult?
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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.
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A three dimensional skidmarkor giant moist dingleberry.
Those enchiladas left a funky treasure in my shorts which caused major chaffing..
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The intense, carefree feeling of well being as that of a hobo.
Lamont drank his last bottle of wine and laid down in the bus shelter. ..
