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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lambo 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: "Tariffs Are A Big Tax Increase..."
Date: 11/22/25 10:31 AM
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You want to randomly insult other people but don't like it when they push back.


You called yourself a big dog, I said you weren't a big dog, and that's an insult? You don't get to redefine the word insult in an attempt to justify future or past bad behavior. Capiche? If you don't like that, that's tough - I am just being frank with you.

in·sult verb

speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse.
"you're insulting the woman I love"

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affront
abuse
be rude to
call someone names
slight
disparage
discredit
libel
slander
malign
defame
denigrate
cast aspersions on
impugn
slur
revile
calumniate
hurt
hurt someone's feelings
mortify
humiliate
wound
snub
rebuff
spurn
shun
treat disrespectfully
ignore
cut dead
give someone the cold-shoulder
turn one's back on
bad-mouth
slag off
trash-talk
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asperse
derogate
miscall
abusive
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pejorative
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bitchy
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Opposite:
compliment
flatter
complimentary
polite

noun
noun: insult; plural noun: insults
/ˈinˌsəlt/

1.
a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or action.
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