See also: the Australian habit of insulting people by way of showing affection, which other English-speakers also do, but not in a context where deescalating the spoken invective actively increases the degree of offence intended, particularly if youâve just been affectionately-insulting with someone else.
By which I mean: if youâve just called your best mate an absolute dickhead, you canât then call a hated politician something thatâs (technically) worse, like a total fuckwit, because that would imply either that you were really insulting your mate or that you like the politician. Instead, you have to use a milder epithet, like bastard, to convey your seething hatred for the second person. But if your opening conversational gambit is slagging someone off, then itâs acceptable to go big (âThe PMâs a total cockstain!â) at the outset.
Also note that different modifiers radically change the meaning of particular insults. Case in point: calling someone a fuckinâ cunt is a deadly insult, calling someone a mad cunt is a compliment, and calling someone a fuckinâ mad cunt means youâre literally in awe of them. Because STRAYA.Â
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