Insults and swearwords are an inseparable part of life. As much as we like to think of ourselves as kind and civilized folks, there are moments when a person’s best way forward is to go fully savage, verbally. However, simple insults won’t do. They have to be clever. Subtle. Goofy. With a twist. That way, they’ll sting far more than calling someone a [insert favorite juicy curses here]. If you’re going to slander someone, do it with style.
That’s where the r/OddlyAccurateInsults and r/rareinsults subreddits come in. Both online groups are focused on featuring stunningly good insults, some of which happen to be surprisingly specific. So much so that you might be left completely speechless after hearing them, whether from shock or laughing way too hard. Scroll down to check out some of the best insults. Don’t forget to take notes! Meanwhile, read on for Bored Panda’s interview with one of the moderators running r/OddlyAccurateInsults.
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#1 Ouch That Must’ve Hurr
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#2 I Can Hear The Sound
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#3 The Best One From This Thread
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One of the moderators running r/OddlyAccurateInsults, William, was kind enough to answer Bored Panda’s questions about the subreddit. He also shared his take on the secret to a good insult, and what to do if someone’s roasting you.
The redditor said that he’s not the actual creator of the subreddit, however, he was one of the first mods who started managing the community.
“I believe there is a niche for those insults that just hit and are a little too accurate for comfort,” he told us about the inspiration behind r/OddlyAccurateInsults.
#4 Time For A Career Change
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#5 Incredible Eye For Detail Right Here
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#6 Pretty Good One
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“Having that niche for a subreddit seemed like a great idea to me and the creator which caused the spark of our little community.”
We were curious to get the mod’s opinion on what the key to a powerful insult is. Being specific is important, according to him, but mixing things up is also a valid approach. “I believe the secret to a good insult is using something relevant to the situation,” he shared with Bored Panda.
“However, you can do the complete opposite and sometimes it works out. It really feels like a hit or miss which makes it all the more entertaining to see unfold.”
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#7 Zoinks
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#8 Jjj About To Star In A Bad Movie With Good Music
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#9 Holding Up The Past
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Meanwhile, we know for a fact that we’d feel pretty lost if we were hit with an oddly accurate insult. Bored Panda asked the moderator on how best to react to a stinging insult. Laughter is a wonderful way to neutralize any negative feelings you might have.
“When it comes to reacting, I just laugh. I’m not a very serious guy and I try to find the humor in everything I can,” William shared. “So if somebody insults me bad, I’ll just tell ‘em it was a nice burn and move on with my life. No need getting caught up in a stranger making fun of me.”
#10 Everything Is Accurate Here Lol
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#11 They Aren’t Wrong
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#12 Looks Like Some One Is Gonna Win A Tesla
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The r/OddlyAccurateInsults subreddit was created back in October 2019. At the time of writing, the group had just over 2.2k members. And even though the screenshots and pics they post are great, the group itself isn’t as active as it once was. However, the founders point out that the sub itself is an ‘offbrand’ version of r/rareinsults, a massively popular community that is hard to ignore on Reddit.
Over the course of the last 5+ years, r/rareinsults has grown to over 2.3 million members who love sharing unique insults and ‘spicing up their vocabulary.’
#13 I’d Go To That Rehab
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#14 On A Facebook Post About Lil Pump And Eminem
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#15 She Has Officially Disintegrated Into Pieces
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Previously, Bored Panda spoke to one of the moderators running r/rareinsults, u/Blank-Cheque, and they told us about the group’s history and why it is that human beings curse and swear so much.
“The community was originally founded by Gorangeninja, after he saw someone suggest it be made on another subreddit. The subreddit only grew to a few thousand users in the span of about 8 months. Our current top mod, Remydesp, was an active user in the subreddit in its first few months, and a lack of moderation plagued the subreddit, so he reached out to the mods offering to help out in the task of moderation,” they said.
#16 Now That’s A Lot Of Damage
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#17 They Aren’t Wrong
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#18 Damn This Is Hard
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“Over the course of the next year, Gorangeninja stepped down as top mod, and Remydesp and our former owner Tycoinator added many other mods to help out. The biggest challenge in getting a large following was maintaining the quality of the content on the subreddit. In the next 3 months, the subreddit grew almost 200k users, and the influx of new users brought along a lot of low-quality posts. The support from the amazing moderation team has allowed the subreddit to thrive and still maintain the original quality. After Pewdiepie made a video on our subreddit, we grew almost 25k users in one day. If the subreddit did not have such hardworking and committed moderators, we would not have seen the success we have today,” u/Blank-Cheque spoke to us about r/rareinsults back in 2019.
#19 You Get What You Fu*king Deserve
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#20 Shoot Like A Girl
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#21 Olsen Twins Prophecy
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According to u/Blank-Cheque, science, not philosophy helps explain why people curse and swear. “Cursing has been observed by scientists to alleviate pain, and insult-like gestures have been observed by researchers even in chimpanzees,” they told Bored Panda.
#22 Those Rascals Are At It Again
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#23 Sorry If It’s Been Posted B4
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#24 Twins! Or Is It Triplets?
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“Professor Frans de Waal said that angry chimpanzees ‘will grunt or spit or make an abrupt, upsweeping gesture that, if a human were to do it, you’d recognize it as aggressive’ in order to avoid conflict, rather than to escalate it. He continues that a ‘chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn’t waste time with gestures, but just goes ahead and attacks.’ [Insults] are a part of life, and a world without them would be extremely different to ours to a degree which cannot be simply explained,” the r/rareinsults mod said, adding that in real-life they try to avoid hurling insults at anyone because it’s rude.
#25 Oof
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#26 Resting Bitch Face
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#27 Long Holster
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Recently, British comedy writer Ariane Sherine told Bored Panda that the key to creative and stylish insults is subtlety. It’s essential to find the right balance between humor and meanness. One way that you can do so is to “appear to be sweet then switch to barbed humor.”
#28 Thats Not A Dog
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#29 Make Up Tutorial Coming Soon
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#30 Gas Station Level Basic!
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On the flip side, if you wanted to give someone a compliment instead of insulting them, try to be as specific as possible. “Instead of just saying ‘I like your dress,’ which anyone can do, go into detail and talk about the pattern or the fabric. Similarly, if you’re complimenting someone’s character, instead of saying ‘you’re so kind,’ give an example of why or when they were kind. Backing it up with examples and evidence shows that it isn’t just a hollow compliment,” the comedy expert said.
#31 10/10 For The Burn
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#32 Thanks Obama
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#33 Karen’s Gone Bad
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#34 Stolen From R/Rareinsults U/Kajararay
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#35 To Infinity And Beyond
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#36 Return To Sender
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#37 Connor, The Human Equivalent Of A Honda Accord
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#38 He Isn’t A Healthy Looking Chap
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#39 Uncalled For. Unprovoked
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#40 The First Rare Insult
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#41 Mariah The Savage
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#42 I Think This Belongs Here
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#43 That Face Of Regret
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#44 The Ring Gauntlet
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#45 Default Skin
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#46 Grandma Is This True?
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#47 This Is So Beautiful. So Creative
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#48 She Didn’t Say Nothin… She Just Had That Look
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#49 Not Really An Insult But Unique
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#50 Moster House Scared Me When I Was Younger
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#51 Damn He Got Roasted
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#52 Not A Fan Of British Cuisine
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#53 Lmao
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#54 I Mean It’s Not Really An Insult But It’s Accurate
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#55 France Is Garbage
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#56 Egg
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#57 Quite The Fall From Olympus
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#58 She Really Does
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#59 Shut Up You Bioengineered Piece Of Shit
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#60 Twitch Streamer Said The N Word And Used The Defence That She’s “Part Black” So It’s Okay
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#61 The Meme Guy Got It Right
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#62 Artful Photographs Of The Nude Form
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#63 Found On R/Roastme
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#64 Lol Love Brittany Broski
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#65 Found On R/Rareinsults
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#66 I Can Already Get The Scent Of It
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#67 Bruh
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#68 Two Percent Milk
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#69 Got This One From A Gus Johnson Video, Lol
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#70 Flight Attendant Has Had Enough
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#71 Old Man Logan
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#72 Oldschool Runescape More Views Than Porn
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#73 Think It Belongs Here
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#74 She’s An Emoji Model
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#75 Found This Myself
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