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Tag: insults

‘RoastMe’ [study]

October 19, 2020 Martin Gardiner

The RoastMe practice emerged in 2015 on the online platform Reddit. Devotees of RoastMe post pictures of themselves (i.e. the Roastee’) whilst holding a placard (of some kind) with the phrase ‘Roast Me’ written on it – with the idea of attracting amusing insults (as comments) The first academic review of the practice appeared in […]

Arts and ScienceHumor, humour, insults, laugh

Professor Culpeper’s Insult Power Rankings

December 24, 2010 Martin Gardiner

Nowadays, if you were to call someone a ‘Dried neat’s-tongue’ or a ‘Trunk of humours’ you might be met with a look of dismay rather than outrage. But things could have panned out very differently in 17th century Britain. Professor Jonathan Culpeper at the Department of Linguistics & English Language of Lancaster University, UK, tackles […]

Arts and Science, Research Newsinsults, politeness
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