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Etymologies
- French insulter, from Old French, to assault, from Latin īnsultāre, to leap at, insult, frequentative of īnsilīre, to leap upon : in-, on; see in-2 + salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“Having cited an article that refers to works of authorship as "content", I must point out that the term insults those very works.”
“But he also criticized what he called the insults that were flying around the debate.”
“Mrs. Tynn is continually subjected also to what she calls insults from your French maid.”
“April 1st, 2010 2: 38 pm ET don't they have more important things to be doing? seems like more childish insults from the GOP.”
“If using personal insults is the best you can do, so be it.”
“Why do you throw out insults, then when its gets thrown back, shoot back with "if using personal insults is the best you can do" line.”
“Provoking a reaction through insults is discourteous.”
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“If shouting insults is Joe Wilson's strength perhaps he should resign from congress and spend his time attending town meetings where apparently that type of behavior is encouraged.”
““Hello Kitty” insults is not that the criminal justice system is made to dealwith.”
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“Hello Kitty insults is not that the criminal justice system is made to dealwith.”
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