A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was taunted because I was different.
Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.
I don't like yelling insults at someone who's never done anything to me.
When people direct insults at me, I can take it.
Since I was a schoolboy, I've been used to being recognized on the road by old and young, and being bantered with and, indeed, being taunted.
Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ.
If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.
The biggest insult is that I've been called an exaggerator... I tell the truth as I know it. I don't glamorize the nightmare and horror that I witness; I just digest it and spew it back, with venom.
Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.