Are we paying you a compliment or insulting you? You tell us in our newest challenge: We've brought 15 insults and compliments from the past few hundred years, and we're going to throw them in your face! Some of them are insults most grave, while others are compliments most fair. Can you guess which are which? All will be explained in the end, just click the 'Show Mistakes' button to see what all the words mean!
Insult or Compliment?
A wag is someone who is hilarious and witty
Insult or Compliment?
A blunderbuss is someone who lacks subtlety, named after a short-barreled gun with a flared muzzle.
Insult or Compliment?
A rattlecap is a giddy, volatile person
Insult or Compliment?
A Popolly is a beautiful and bright young woman. It comes from a word in French that means: "A Sweet Baby"
Insult or Compliment?
A skinflint is an extreme miser, he would even skin a stone
Insult or Compliment?
From the 17th-19th centuries Pippin was used to define a person who enjoys high esteem and admiration.
Insult or Compliment?
Shakespearean in origin, Bawcock means a gentleman of character and integrity.
Insult or Compliment?
A cumberworld (also known as cumberground) is someone who is so useless, they just serve to take up space.
Insult or Compliment?
From the 16th century - A straight-fingered person is an honest person who wouldn't steal
Insult or Compliment?
A clumsy person who runs into dew because he's not nimble enough to avoid it
Insult or Compliment?
A Klazomaniac is a person who seems to only talk by shouting
Insult or Compliment?
From the Victorian era, Bricky means you are brave and tough like a brick.
Insult or Compliment?
A fairhead is a beautiful and vibrant woman who lights up the room.
Insult or Compliment?
From the 16th century - A truepenny is an honest person you can trust.
Insult or Compliment?
A quisby (or doing a quisby) is a lazy person trying to shirk off work
Better Stick to This Century
These words are foreign to you, and that's fine - Almost no one uses them anymore, unless you're in a history lesson! Still, why not check your mistakes by clicking on 'show mistakes' and learning some great new compliments and insults no one would see coming?
You Know When You're Insulted!
You've surprised us! We thought this was a really tough test, but you've come through to show us you didn't just guess, but either understood most of the words or were logical enough to break them apart and understand where their meaning was going. That said, there IS room for improvement. Maybe try again OR check your mistakes by clicking on 'show mistakes'.
Wow, You Have an Incredible Vocabulary
We have to admit - we didn't think anyone would get this high a score on this test. These are really old words! How do you know so much?!? Well, you've impressed us and no mistake. You're a real pippin!
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Shai K.
9/24/2020
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