This is, of course, insulting to anybody [Archive]

FrodoFriend

01-15-2002, 12:13 AM

TOMNODDY!!!!! AH HA HA HA!!!

Seriously though . . . can anyone explain to me what Attercop and Tomnoddy actually mean ? Why is Attercop especially insulting to spiders? And why would "anyone" be insulted at being called Tomnoddy?

Michael Martinez

01-15-2002, 12:21 AM

According to Douglas Anderson in The Annotated Hobbit:

"Attercop is from Middle English atter-cop(pe), itself from Old English at(t)or-coppa, 'spider' -- it means, literally, 'poison head'."

"The Oxford English Dictionary defines Tomnoddy as 'a foolish or stupid person'."

FrodoFriend

01-15-2002, 12:28 AM

LOL, thanks, that's interesting information. A spider, insulted at being called a spider? How odd.

Starr Polish

01-15-2002, 12:29 AM

Oooh, I have a new insult for those ignorant jocks at my school who find it so fun to make fun of me for various reasons, or just be stupid and talk through class.

Shut up, you Tomnoddy!

Lightice

01-15-2002, 09:51 AM

I guess, that that "Attercop", is something alike with calling dragon "a worm". True, in one sence, but not too admirable.

eowyn144

02-27-2002, 03:28 PM

is nittercop an insult as well? i'm sure i've heard somebody use that before.

Glorious Glorfindel

03-02-2002, 12:08 PM

isn't that wot sams gaffer used 2 call him? as well as ninnyhammer!
i like that one!!!!

StrawberryIcecream

03-02-2002, 04:45 PM

And Neekerbeeker!

And for some of my friends, being called Arwen is the ultimate insult.

Glorious Glorfindel

03-03-2002, 07:41 AM

well yes, i would have 2 agree with u there Strawberry, especially as u were the one who called me Arwen in the first place
AND sent me an arwen e-card
:mad: :mad:

Arathorn

03-04-2002, 10:43 AM

wow. this thread is funny, people tradin insults calling each other the funniest names.:D

TinuvielChild

03-10-2002, 11:15 PM

ninnyhammer!
neekerbeeker!
tomnoddy!
attercop!
and there's one more that i love and can't remember right now!!! rrrrgh!!!:)

FrodoFriend

03-11-2002, 12:12 AM

Numbskull! Although I've always preferred "nimrod." :)

Ararax

03-11-2002, 12:53 AM

all i know is ive been called worse

TinuvielChild

03-11-2002, 04:12 PM

i just remembered the other one!!

dwimmerlaik!!:D

StrawberryIcecream

03-16-2002, 06:47 AM

Your all forgetting Arwen if the person your insulting is female and Legolas if they male (I think all male's think legolas is gay!)

Ñólendil

03-18-2002, 11:54 PM

So that's what Tomnoddy means! I have to get that Annotated Hobbit.

Arathorn

03-19-2002, 12:42 AM

I think I watched somewhere, either on Ripley's BION or on Discovery channel, that there was a real guy who was a jester/counselor once named Tom Fool who was pretty much like Grima and who plotted to take power.
Can anyone give any specifics on his story?

samwiselvr2008

08-01-2002, 03:49 PM

Originally posted by Starr Polish
Oooh, I have a new insult for those ignorant jocks at my school who find it so fun to make fun of me for various reasons, or just be stupid and talk through class.

Shut up, you Tomnoddy!

hehe, i'll use that to, but i am in middle school and jocks are in the high school (not in middle right? i don't paye atention to things like that), so i'll use it on anyone that makes fun of me!!! *evil grin*

Faramir

08-01-2002, 11:00 PM

Lummox!
Addlebrain!
Buttchunk!
Knuckle-Head!
Heeheehee!

katya

08-13-2002, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by FrodoFriend
Numbskull! Although I've always preferred "nimrod." :)

nimrod means great hunter i think or something like that. although i do like it as an insult (and as a green day cd)

BeardofPants

08-29-2002, 01:05 AM

Ooh... I called someone a knucklehead the other day! :D

My personal favourite is doo-doo head. It just sounds so... silly. And for the ultimate insult, why not try... nincompoop.:eek:

BeardofPants

08-31-2002, 05:10 AM

Oh, and just as an aside, try looking up the actual meaning of Dork. :eek:

Arathorn

08-31-2002, 12:27 PM

Originally posted by BeardofPants
Oh, and just as an aside, try looking up the actual meaning of Dork. :eek:

Yeah, it's a whale of a definition...

Caleb

09-01-2002, 07:28 PM

I think Frodo friend is a Tomnoddy. Hahahahaha

TinuvielChild

09-03-2002, 07:54 AM

My personal favorite insults are:

Foul dwimmerlaik
Ninnyhammer
Nincompoop
Neekerbreeker

They be so much fun to use! Most people haven't a clue what I just called them, although they do know that it's an insult! Mwahahahahaha!!!! :D :D ;)

Lanelf

09-20-2002, 09:42 PM

I once heard that 'Geek' was originally used as a word to describe someone who eats anything... Don't know how reliable that is, must go get my dictionary. Oh, my sister just agreed with me, I guess that's a sort of confirmation.
Good insults all! Must remember to use 'tomnoddy' sometime...;)
Lanelf.

Ñólendil

09-21-2002, 05:48 AM

I once heard that snow is caused by a group of shady people who fly over the land in airplanes, dumping it from sacks out of the window.

Linarryl

10-19-2002, 01:26 PM

Isn't it good to be called Poisen head?He's a spider ain't he soposed to be poisenes?

durin's bane

10-20-2002, 11:02 AM

Well...these spiders of Tolkien's aren't ordinary spiders, you see... ;)

My most favourite insult would have to be..."You're dumb", especially when you say it in a low, hoarse voice. I'm immune to most insults, since one of my school buddies calls me loser at least three times a day. :p

Lief Erikson

10-21-2002, 07:18 PM

How unpleasant.

My own personal favorite names that I call people are:

Blockhead, bumphead, and bumpersticker. Occasionally, I get extra low and call people lump. Rather ridiculous, I'm sure, but it's better to be ridiculous then hurtful.

Treebeard's apprentice

10-21-2002, 09:46 PM

nimrod means great hunter i think or something like that.

Yes, Nimrod was a great hunter in the Bible, mentioned somewhere in the Old Testament. Don't know how it came to be an insult, though.

My dad would sometimes call me an 'ijit', puposefully distorting the word 'idiot' (but playfully, not to hurt my feelings). I always used to think that was hilarious for some reason, but I think I've grown out of it.

markedel

10-21-2002, 10:57 PM

Nimrod has a bad reputation (according to legend he wasn't a good guy-he tossed abraham into a furnance for professing monotheism according to rabbinic legend)

durin's bane

10-23-2002, 07:02 PM

I came up with this really stupid insult: fiddlesticks for brains. I have no idea how I came up with it though.

Aeryn

10-23-2002, 10:13 PM

lummox, that one I like to call...anyone...I like the way it's spelled.
:confused: :rolleyes: :cool: :D

durin's bane

10-23-2002, 10:31 PM

Oh oh...TOILET STATIONERY! Anyone ever call someone that? I'll have to get back at my friend with that tomorrow, she kept telling me to shut-up. :p (...though I can't blame her!) :D

DraztiK

11-02-2002, 07:12 AM

(I think all male's think legolas is gay!)

No, it's just that Fairy Bloom is a flamin fag, that's all . . .

Coney

11-02-2002, 08:42 AM

Numpty is a new insult I've been using lately, probably because I've been chatting to so many Scots folk (I'm presuming it's a scottish insult, certainly not used in the NE much).

Aeryn

11-02-2002, 08:39 PM

Genesis 10:9 - He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

See? Nimrod? I am good at research *smug grin* Ahhhh.

DraztiK

11-05-2002, 02:04 PM

my favourite insult is "ga uw moeder pijpe, gijse godverdommese klootzak"

*untranslatable*

Bard

11-08-2002, 11:42 AM

Didn`t the Orks used some funny terms to insult other Orks? Or what did Beorn said of Orks and Wargs again?
Or what did Gandalf said to insult the mouth of Sauron?
Sorry I can`t reply what they say again, but it`s been quite a while since I`ve readen LotR in English.

Edit: I heart what you last said mate! That`s not a very nice thing to say to someone eh! And a big insult to ones mum!

Aeryn

11-08-2002, 09:39 PM

I like the insult IGMOFO because I know people who don't knwo what it is, and it is alot more fun calling people something they don't understand, although it isn't hard to figure out, but I still love lummox