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What are some insults in english that will make non-native speakers have to ask someone their meaning?

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What are some insults in english that will make non-native speakers have to ask someone their meaning?

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Non native didn’t get it… Sounds like a reference of a specific event.
- @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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  Means they’re 2 bob short of a dollar
  - @xia@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Somehow this doesn’t help… :)
    - @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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      Not all there in the head basically.
      
      6 pack short of a carton
      
      2 short of a dozen etc
      - @Elonkilledmydad@lemmy.ml
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        2 fries short of a happy meal

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