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{{quote|'''Ringo''': Go fuck yourself!

'''Grunnel''': That seems a strangely pleasant way for me to be chastised. I don't understand why you view sex as a punishment. }}

'''Sam:''' (sigh) Freakos, 1 - Civilization, 0.

''Alice turns to the camera, then licks his finger and holds it up for the gesture of "one point to me".'' }}

** In "The Sound of Drums", The Master, upon being accused of [[You're Insane!|insanity]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|just gives a thumbs up]]. Example [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gDn1PLzQvGo#t=100s here].

** In the serial ''The Time Monster'', the Master completely annihilates the Doctor (Jon Pertwee). Companion Jo Grant remarks that it was the most brutal, inhuman, monstrous thing she had ever seen. The Master gives a nod and says "Thank You" as if he were accepting a compliment on his new suit.

{{quote|"You say that I am two-faced? Enough with the flattery. We have business to conduct.''}}

* In ''[[Legend of the Five Rings]]'', the Scorpion Clan's motto is "I can swim", from their telling of the fable of the Scorpion.

** ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' has [http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/fx20020925es Khôltar], where dwarves trying to insult the human metalworking settlement nicknamed it "the Place of Pourers and Filers"—inhabitant didn't see this as an insult and ran with it.

'''White Mage:''' Ah, the morally bankrupt violent little man.

'''Black Mage:''' Exactly. Anyway, I wanted to ask you something. }}

* ''[[Weregeek]]'' character Joel always was [[Comedic Sociopathy|a bit of funny jerk]], so it should not be very surprising:

{{quote|'''Abbie''': Dude!! That's... That's '''nefarious'''!

* Used in an episode of ''[[Sushi Pack]]'' that introduces Sir Darkly, the "[[Enemy to All Living Things|source of all sadness in the world]]."

{{quote|"Some people call me a jinx. That's so nice of them."}}

{{quote|'''Wanda''': You evil little boy!

'''Remy''': Why thank you. }}

{{quote|'''Henchman''': We don't know nothing about no Joker, creep!

'''Pre-Creeper''': Creep? CREEP? ... I like it! My new name - the Creep! No, wait, too negative... }}

{{quote|'''Freakazoid:''' You really have no life, do you?

'''[[Fan Boy]]:''' [proudly] No, sir! }}

* The words "guy" and "dude" were both originally insults. The former referred to Guy Fawkes, a failed royal assassin. The latter was originally a clueless newbie on a ranch (possibly from the Irish word ''dúd'', "fool").

* [[Fan Wank]]. Many non-Brits understand what [[Fan Wank]] is; few understand what it means without the first few letters and many use it as an abbreviation. A few Brits, aware of what it [[A Date with Rosie Palms|means]], have jokingly or otherwise mentioned their honour if someone assumes a claim is wank material. [[Rule 34|After all...]]

** The same man, Kaiser Wilhelm II, was also subject to a strange inversion of this trope. After the Kaiser called for Germans intervening in the Boxer Uprising to make the Chinese remember them "like the Huns", British troops used "Hun" as a derogatory term for German soldiers during the First World War.

* Australians have this reaction to comments about our country's origins as a [[Penal Colony]]. As one T-shirt put it, "Bet you wish your great-great-great-grandfather pinched a loaf of bread."

* The Labour Party, in an [[Scare Campaign|attack ad]] for the 2010 general election, released an ad depicting [[David Cameron]] as [[Life On Mars|Gene Hunt]] [[Ashes to Ashes|with his Quattro]], with the caption "Don't let him take Britain back into the 1980s". Obviously, Gene being the [[Memetic Badass]] he is, this lead to tweets [[Misaimed Fandom|describing the poster as awesome]] and several Conservative campaign staffers going on the record wishing that they thought of it first. The Tories [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8601781.stm made their own version]. David Cameron kicked his campaign off officially by closing his speech with the Tories' version.

** Later, after Cameron became Prime Minister, Labour leader Ed Miliband compared him to [[Flashman]]...apparently not realising how popular the character is.

* Author Steven Johnson wrote the book ''Everything Bad is Good for You'', in which he described the increasing intellectual sophistication of popular culture as the [[Woody Allen|Sleeper]] Curve, because everyone was reminded of that movie when he described it.

* In the [[Furry Fandom]], "furfag" is known as an insult. [[Your Mileage May Vary]], as most still see it that way. However, it's become something of an affectionate term when referring to other furries recently, especially those who are part of the GLBT community as well.

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