One of the favorite facets of British English are the beautiful insults that we have.   You can literally be totally rude and insult someone and yet be hysterically funny at the same time … It truly is an art.  So, in a bid to further cultural understanding, I decided to put together a list of the most beautiful British insults.   Enjoy….

 

  1. Wanker – Idiot
  2. Tosser – Supreme Jerk
  3. Slag – Let’s say a loose person
  4. Numpty – idiot
  5. Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys – The French
  6. Lost the plot – Gone crazy or completely stupid.
  7. Daft Cow – Not very bright
  8. Barmy – Stupid or crazy.
  9. Chav – the Brit equivalent of white trash
  10. Dodgy – Shady character
  11. Git –  Idiot
  12. Gormless – Complete lack of common sense
  13. Manky – Disgusting
  14. Minger – Very unattractive person
  15. Muppet – Dim
  16. Naff – Tacky
  17. Nutter – Someone’s who’s clearly crazy
  18. Pillock – Idiot
  19. Plonker – Idiot
  20. Prat – Idiot
  21. Scrubber – A nicer way to say slag
  22. Trollop – A lady of questionable morals
  23. Twit – Idiot
  24. Lazy Sod – Useless idiot
  25. Skiver – Lazy sod
  26. Ninny – Brilliant but nerdy
  27. Berk – Idiot
  28. Airy-fairy – Not strong, weak.
  29. Ankle-biters – Children
  30. Chuffer – An annoying perfusion
  31. Daft as a bush – Silly, Crazy
  32. Dead from the neck up – Stupid.
  33. Gannet – Greedy person.
  34. Gone to the dogs – rotten, deteriorated
  35. Ligger – freeloader
  36. Mad as a bag of ferrets – Crazy
  37. Maggot – A despicable person
  38. Not batting on a full wicket – Eccentric person a little crazy or odd.
  39. Plug-Ugly – Very Ugly person