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Anonymous asked in Entertainment & MusicPolls & Surveys · 1 decade ago

Has anyone ever given you a left-handed compliment?

You know, like a compliment that is an insult at the same time.

An hour ago, I was over at my friend's house and she was talking about Hispanics, and then she goes, "You know, I always forget that you're Hispanic, because you have class."

Update:

It's called a left-handed compliment as well, I'm pretty sure.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yes.

    This girl said something along the lines of, "You know, I think fat people can look pretty. Just like you."

    She was mean, anyway.

    :l

  • 5 years ago

    I think you been a back handed compliment. An example of a backhanded compliment would be to tell a woman "I like your dress very much. It does wonders for your figure." This statement would seem on the surface to compliment the woman's choice in clothing, and perhaps even her figure, but closer examination reveals its true meaning: that the woman's figure is unattractive and needs improvement from clothing. This statement is not a compliment to the woman, but to the garment's ability to slenderize. Sometimes a backhanded compliment is obvious, combining an obvious compliment with an equally obvious insult. For example, one might say "You are an excellent artist, which is a relief considering what an incompetent cook you are!" In this way no part of the intent is made less obvious, but the severity of the insult may still be lessened enough to make the entire statement seem like a compliment. Backhanded compliments are not always intentional. The speaker may intend to pay a compliment, but in so doing accidentally reveal uncomplimentary feelings. For example, on the August 22, 2007 episode of The Daily Show, guest Barack Obama responded to the question of whether there were any Republicans he could agree with by saying "I think some of these folks are decent people," to which Jon Stewart responded with "Worst backhanded compliment ever."[citation needed] Other examples: "I want to be just like you when I get old"; "You're not as dumb as I thought."

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    cigarettes yeah complaints not so much

    Source(s): no mae importa echway puta mericon , piss on her
  • 1 decade ago

    chicono

  • 1 decade ago

    OMG!!!

    Just last night, I was buying beer at Winn Dixie, and the clerk asked for my ID (I'm 50!!!!!!) But then she said, "I still have to see it, even tho I know you are plenty old enough!!" I don't think she even caught what she'd said!!

  • 1 decade ago

    well tell her she's very rude for speaking to you that way

  • Alex
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Ha. I get those all the time. I have a lot of White and Hispanic people tell me I'm not like other Black people, and they are glad that I'm not ghetto. It's funny and sad all at the same time.

  • 1 decade ago

    what the fcuk? i should smack your punk *** friend. i swear to god. IM hispanic!

  • 1 decade ago

    haha

    probably but i dont remember

  • 1 decade ago

    yea i always feel like hitting the person but "i have class"

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